1 Tawarikh 2:16

2:16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abshai, ¹  Joab, and Asahel.

1 Tawarikh 2:1

Israel’s Descendants

2:1 These were the sons of Israel: ² 

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;

Issachar and Zebulun;

1 Samuel 26:6

26:6 David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied, “I will go down with you.”

1 Samuel 26:2

26:2 So Saul arose and

went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.

1 Samuel 2:18

2:18 Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:1

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ³  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David ⁴  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go ⁵  to his city Bethlehem, ⁶  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ⁷  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 23:18-19

23:18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.

23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

[2:16]  ¹ tn In 2 Sam 2:18 this name appears as “Abishai,” a spelling followed by many English versions here.

[2:1]  ² tn The groupings in the list that follows, as well as the conjunctions (vav-consecutives in Hebrew), reflect those of the Hebrew text.

[3:1]  ³ tn Heb “before Eli.”

[18:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to run.”

[20:6]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[21:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”