1 Samuel 6:15

6:15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord.

1 Samuel 10:25

10:25 Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. ¹  He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.

1 Samuel 16:7

16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Don’t be impressed by ²  his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. ³  People look on the outward appearance, ⁴  but the Lord looks at the heart.”

1 Samuel 16:13

16:13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ⁵  were thinking of stoning him; ⁶  each man grieved bitterly ⁷  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

[10:25]  ¹ tn Heb “the regulation of the kingship.” This probably refers to the regulations pertaining to kingship given to Moses (see Deut 17:14-20).

[16:7]  ² tn Heb “don’t look toward.”

[16:7]  ³ tn Heb “for not that which the man sees.” The translation follows the LXX, which reads, “for not as man sees does God see.” The MT has suffered from homoioteleuton or homoioarcton. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 274.

[16:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the eyes.”

[30:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”