Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 26:1:
- Kupsabiny: “One day the people of the city of Siph came and told Saul in Gibeah that David had hidden himself in Jeshimon in/at the hill of Hakilah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “One of those days, there-were those who came-from-Zif who went to Saul at Gibea and said, ‘David is-hiding in the hills/mountains of Hakila, which faces Jeshimon.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One day some of the people of Ziph town went to Saul while he was at Gibeah, and they said to him, ‘David is hiding in a cave on Hakilah hill, across from Jeshimon town.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
