1 Samuel 1:13

1:13 Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

1 Samuel 1:17

1:17 Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

1 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

1 Samuel 6:10

6:10 So the men did as instructed. ¹  They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

1 Samuel 7:5

7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”

1 Samuel 8:20

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 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ³  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ⁴  for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 15:7

15:7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to ⁵  Shur, which is next to Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:16

15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! ⁶  Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul ⁷  said to him, “Tell me.”

1 Samuel 16:6

16:6 When they arrived, Samuel ⁸  noticed ⁹  Eliab and said to himself, ¹⁰  “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Jesse presented ¹²  Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 16:15

16:15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”

1 Samuel 17:11

17:11 When Saul and all the Israelites ¹³  heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ¹⁴  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 18:4

18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

1 Samuel 18:13

18:13 Saul removed David ¹⁵  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ¹⁶  David led the army out to battle and back. ¹⁷ 

1 Samuel 19:6-7

19:6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice ¹⁸  and took an oath, “As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death.” 19:7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly. ¹⁹ 

1 Samuel 19:15

19:15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

1 Samuel 20:17

20:17 Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life. ²⁰ 

1 Samuel 20:23

20:23 With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!” ²¹ 

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ²²  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 23:12

23:12 David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The Lord said, “They will deliver you over.”

1 Samuel 23:20

23:20 Now at your own discretion, ²³  O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”

1 Samuel 24:13

24:13 It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ²⁴  sent ten servants, ²⁵  saying to them, ²⁶  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ²⁷ 

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 ²⁸  nor by the prophets.

1 Samuel 29:5

29:5 Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced, ²⁹ 

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 30:25

30:25 From that time onward it was a binding ordinance ³⁰  for Israel, right up to the present time.

[6:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the men did so.”

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

[14:26]  ³ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[15:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “[as] you enter.”

[15:16]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.

[15:16]  tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “saw.”

[16:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

[16:6]  ¹¹ tn Heb “his anointed one.”

[16:9]  ¹² tn Heb “caused to pass by.”

[17:11]  ¹³ tn Heb “all Israel.”

[17:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[18:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”

[18:13]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.

[19:6]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan.”

[19:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”

[20:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “for [with] the love of his [own] life he loved him.”

[20:23]  ²¹ tc Heb “the Lord [is] between me and between you forever.” The translation assumes that the original text read עֵד עַד־עוֹלָם (’ed ’ad-’olam), “a witness forever,” with the noun “a witness” accidentally falling out of the text by haplography. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

[23:9]  ²² tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”

[23:20]  ²³ tn Heb “to all the desire of your soul.”

[25:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ²⁵ tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

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

[29:5]  ²⁹ tn Heb “in dances.”

[30:25]  ³⁰ tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.