1 Samuel 12:3

12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. ¹  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, ²  and I will return it to you!”

1 Samuel 14:34

14:34 Then Saul said, “Scatter out among the army and say to them, ‘Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don’t sin against the Lord by eating the blood.” So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there. ³ 

1 Samuel 25:39

25:39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ⁴  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ⁵  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

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 you ⁶  serving ⁷  with me in the army. ⁸  I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion ⁹  of the leaders, you are not reliable. ¹⁰ 

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¹ tn Heb “anointed [one].”

² tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and all the army brought near, each his ox by his hand, and they slaughtered there.”

⁴ tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”

⁵ tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”

⁶ tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.

⁷ tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.

⁸ tn Heb “camp.”

⁹ tn Heb “eyes.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “good.”