1 Samuel 16:22

16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” ¹ 

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ²  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 20:35

20:35 The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

1 Samuel 20:39

20:39 (Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.) ³ 

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¹ tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

² tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

³ tn Heb “knew the matter.”