1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. ¹  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” ² 

So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

1 Samuel 2:13

2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: ³  Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork ⁴  in his hand.

1 Samuel 5:8

5:8 So they assembled ⁵  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

1 Samuel 8:11

8:11 He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

1 Samuel 10:8

10:8 You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do.”

1 Samuel 10:11

10:11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, “What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”

1 Samuel 13:11

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me ⁶  and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ⁷  them until the break of day. ⁸  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁹  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ¹⁰  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 16:2

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ¹¹  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ¹² 

1 Samuel 20:8

20:8 You must be loyal ¹³  to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. ¹⁴  If I am guilty, ¹⁵  you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, ¹⁶  by extending my hand against him. After all, ¹⁷  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ¹⁸ 

1 Samuel 25:26

25:26 “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 26:12

26:12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.

1 Samuel 29:8

29:8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

[1:23]  ² tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).

[2:13]  ³ tn Heb “the habit of the priests with the people [was this].”

[2:13]  ⁴ sn The Hebrew word occurs only twice in the OT, here and again in v. 14. Its exact meaning is not entirely clear, although from the context it appears to be a sacrificial tool used for retrieving things from boiling water.

[5:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[13:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”

[14:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁹ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[16:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “in your hand.”

[18:5]  ¹² tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”

[20:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “and you must do loyalty.”

[20:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for into a covenant of the Lord you have brought your servant with you.”

[20:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and if there is in me guilt.”

[24:6]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “anointed.”

[24:6]  ¹⁷ tn Or “for.”

[24:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “anointed.”