1 Samuel 8:19-20

8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. ¹  Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us! 8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ²  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ³  of Israel does not go back on his word ⁴  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ⁷  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 28:6

28:6 So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him – not by dreams nor by Urim ⁸  nor by the prophets.

[8:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”

[8:20]  ² tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[15:29]  ³ tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

[15:29]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

[15:29]  ⁵ sn This observation marks the preceding statement (v. 28) as an unconditional, unalterable decree. When God makes such a decree he will not alter it or change his mind. This does not mean that God never deviates from his stated intentions or changes his mind. On the contrary, several passages describe him as changing his mind. In fact, his willingness to do so is one of his fundamental divine attributes (see Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Change His Mind?” BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.

[19:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

[23:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”

[28:6]  ⁸ sn See the note at 1 Sam 14:41.