1 Samuel 13:10

13:10 Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. ¹ 

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David ²  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ³  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly. ⁵ 

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¹ tn Heb “to bless him.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

⁴ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

sn On the nature of Jonathan’s love for David, see J. A. Thompson, “The Significance of the Verb Love in the David-Jonathan Narratives in 1 Samuel,” VT 24 (1974): 334-38.

⁵ tn Heb “lifted his voice and wept.”