1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, ¹  by extending my hand against him. After all, ²  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ³ 

1 Samuel 25:39

25:39 When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, “Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! ⁴  The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds.” ⁵  Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife.

1 Samuel 30:21

30:21 Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, ⁶  those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

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¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

² tn Or “for.”

³ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁴ tn Heb “who has argued the case of my insult from the hand of Nabal.”

⁵ tn Heb “his servant he has held back from evil, and the evil of Nabal the Lord has turned back on his head.”

⁶ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“him”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.