His weapons presumably refers to “his bow and his arrows” (La Bible du Semeur) that Jonathan had been using in order to convey the warning to David.

To the city: from the countryside (verse 35) back to the city. The city is not named, but it may have been Saul’s hometown of Gibeah (10.26).

If the receptor language favors indirect discourse, the Good News Translation model may prove helpful to translators.

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 1. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .