1 Samuel 10:2

10:2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two!¹ He is asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

1 Samuel 10:21

10:21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again² said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact³ that I have found favor with you, and he has thought,⁴ ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 20:29

20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go,⁵ for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged⁶ me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go⁷ to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 22:6

Saul Executes the Priests

22:6 But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him.⁸ Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

1 Samuel 29:3

29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time?⁹ I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!”¹⁰

1 Samuel 29:6

29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you¹¹ serving¹² with me in the army.¹³ I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion¹⁴ of the leaders, you are not reliable.¹⁵

1 Samuel 29:8

29:8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David¹⁶ down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot¹⁷ they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

¹sn In the Hebrew text the pronoun you is plural, suggesting that Saul’s father was concerned about his son and the servant who accompanied him.

²tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

³tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

⁴tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

⁵tn Heb “send me.”

⁶tn Heb “commanded.”

⁷tn Heb “be released [from duty].”

⁸tn Heb “and Saul heard that David and the men who were with him were known.”

⁹tn Heb “these days or these years.”

¹⁰tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”

¹¹tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

¹²tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

¹³tn Heb “camp.”

¹⁴tn Heb “eyes.”

¹⁵tn Heb “good.”

¹⁶tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”