1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ¹  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ²  large or small without making me aware of it. ³  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 25:17

25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. ⁴  He is such a wicked person ⁵  that no one tells him anything!”

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ⁶  the mediums and magicians ⁷  from the land! Why are you trapping me ⁸  so you can put me to death?”

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

³ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

⁴ tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”

⁵ tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”

⁶ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

⁷ tn See the note at v. 3.

⁸ tn Heb “my life.”