1 Samuel 7:6

7:6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed ¹  there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led ²  the people of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ³  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ⁴  Israel.

1 Samuel 12:2

12:2 Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

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 ⁵  and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ⁶  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ⁷  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ⁸ 

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 18:10

18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre ⁹  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,

1 Samuel 19:20

19:20 So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 23:26

23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture 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 Samuel 30:1

David Defeats the Amalekites

30:1 On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 30:22

30:22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, ¹¹  we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”

[7:6]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[7:6]  ² tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

[7:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “before.”

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”

[16:1]  ⁶ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[18:10]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[30:1]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

[30:22]  ¹¹ tc Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew idiom. It is not necessary to read “with us,” rather than the MT “with me,” although the plural can be found here in a few medieval Hebrew mss. See also the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate, although these versions may simply reflect an understanding of the idiom as found in the MT rather than a different textual reading.