1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ¹  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 20:3

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!”

1 Samuel 20:29

20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, ⁵  for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged ⁶  me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go ⁷  to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

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¹ tn Heb “anoint.”

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.

⁵ tn Heb “send me.”

⁶ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁷ tn Heb “be released [from duty].”