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 24:10

24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity ³  on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ ⁴ 

1 Samuel 26:16

26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! ⁵  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ⁶  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

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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 “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.

⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁵ tn Heb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”

⁶ tn Heb “you are sons of death.”