1 Samuel 5:10

5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here ¹  to kill our ²  people!”

1 Samuel 9:26

9:26 They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up and the two of them – he and Samuel – went outside.

1 Samuel 15:12

15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where ³  he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left ⁴  and went down to Gilgal.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 15:30

15:30 Saul ⁶  again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”

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 ⁷  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 16:5

16:5 He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 23:13

23:13 So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. ⁸  When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “to me.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “my.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and look.”

[15:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”

[15:12]  ⁵ tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.”

[15:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “in your hand.”

[23:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “they went where they went.”