Discovery Box1 Samuel 14:28 
Context14:28 Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath 1 saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”
1 Samuel 15:12
Context15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where 2 he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left 3 and went down to Gilgal.” 4
1 Samuel 23:25
Context23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. 5 But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.
1 tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath.
2 tn Heb “and look.”
3 tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”
4 tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin
5 tn Heb “to search.”
