1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ¹  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ²  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ³  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

1 Samuel 4:18

4:18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli ⁴  fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he ⁵  was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

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 17:8

17:8 Goliath ⁶  stood and called to Israel’s troops, ⁷  “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose ⁸  for yourselves a man so he may come down ⁹  to me!

1 Samuel 17:26

17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? ¹⁰  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:40

17:40 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch ¹¹  of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

1 Samuel 17:47

17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 25:13

25:13 Then David instructed his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

1 Samuel 25:36

25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time ¹²  and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing ¹³  until morning’s light.

1 Samuel 27:1

David Aligns Himself with the Philistines

27:1 David thought to himself, ¹⁴  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

[2:30]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[2:30]  ² tn Heb “walk about before.”

[2:30]  ³ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

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

[4:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “the man.”

[17:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:8]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to them.”

[17:8]  ⁸ tc The translation follows the ancient versions in reading “choose,” (from the root בחר, bkhr), rather than the MT. The verb in MT (ברה, brh) elsewhere means “to eat food”; the sense of “to choose,” required here by the context, is not attested for this root. The MT apparently reflects an early scribal error.

[17:8]  ⁹ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (either an imperfect or jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result here.

[17:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

[17:40]  ¹¹ tn This Hebrew word occurs only here and its exact meaning is not entirely clear. It refers to a receptacle of some sort and apparently was a common part of a shepherd’s equipment. Here it serves as a depository for the stones that David will use in his sling.

[25:36]  ¹² tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”

[25:36]  ¹³ tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”

[27:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “said to his heart.”