17:55 1 Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”
20:3 Taking an oath, David again 2 said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact 3 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!”
25:26 “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.
1 tc Most LXX
2 tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”
3 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
4 tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.