1 Samuel 1:28

1:28 Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they ¹  worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 9:11

9:11 As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, “Is this where the seer is?”

1 Samuel 10:4

10:4 They will ask you how you’re doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them.

1 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Samuel 14:48

14:48 He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. ² 

1 Samuel 18:28

18:28 When Saul realized ³  that the Lord was with David and that his ⁴  daughter Michal loved David, ⁵ 

1 Samuel 19:7

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. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 20:25

20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him ⁷  and Abner at his side. ⁸  But David’s place was vacant.

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁹  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ¹⁰  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 26:22

26:22 David replied, “Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he,” apparently referring to Samuel (but cf. CEV “Elkanah”). A few medieval manuscripts and some ancient versions take the verb as plural (cf. TEV, NLT).

[14:48]  ² tn Heb “plunderers.”

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “saw and knew.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “Saul’s.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”

[20:25]  ⁷ tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

[20:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”

[20:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “knew.”