1 Samuel 4:11

4:11 The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 8:3

8:3 But his sons did not follow ¹  his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice. ² 

1 Samuel 8:14

8:14 He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants.

1 Samuel 8:16

8:16 He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.

1 Samuel 10:4

10:4 They will ask you how you’re doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.

1 Samuel 10:23

10:23 So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

1 Samuel 12:4

12:4 They replied, “You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone.”

1 Samuel 15:21

15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 17:31

17:31 When David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:54

17:54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, ⁴  and he put Goliath’s ⁵  weapons in his tent.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David ⁶  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 19:14

19:14 When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, “He’s sick.”

1 Samuel 25:43

25:43 David had also married ⁷  Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.

1 Samuel 26:22

26:22 David replied, “Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

1 Samuel 28:24

28:24 Now the woman ⁸  had a well-fed calf ⁹  at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven.

1 Samuel 30:18

30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ¹⁰  also rescued his two wives.

1 Samuel 31:13

31:13 They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.

[8:3]  ¹ tn Heb “walk in” (also in v. 5).

[8:3]  ² tn Heb “and they turned aside after unjust gain and took bribes and perverted justice.”

[17:31]  ³ tn Heb “he took him.”

[17:54]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:54]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “taken.”

[28:24]  ⁸ sn Masoretic mss of the Hebrew Bible mark this word as the half-way point in the book of Samuel, treating 1 and 2 Samuel as a single book. Similar notations are found at the midway point for all of the books of the Hebrew Bible.

[28:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “a calf of the stall.”

[30:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.