1 Samuel 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. ¹  Samuel then said, ²  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ³  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁴  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁵  the priests of the Lord.

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¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

² tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “runners.”

⁴ tn Heb “their hand is.”

⁵ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”