en_tn_lite_do_not_use/1sa/19/18.md

David flees to Samuel.

Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the main storyline. Here the narrator starts to tell a new part of the story.

It was told to Saul

AT: "Someone told Saul" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)

See

AT: “Look” or “Listen” or “Pay attention to what I am about to tell you”

standing as head over them

Here the word "head" refers to a position of authority. "acting as their leader" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)