1 Samuel 6:9
6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
1 Samuel 17:20
17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. 1 After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp 2 as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.
1 Samuel 21:5
21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ 3 equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”
1 Samuel 22:15
22:15 Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse 4 his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this – not in whole or in part!” 5
1 tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”
2 tn Or “entrenchment.”
3 tn Heb “servants’.”
4 tn Heb “set a matter against.”
5 tn Heb “small or great.”