1 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Saul said to his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul ¹  did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ²  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ³  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁴  army, ⁵  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ⁶  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁷  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 28:14

28:14 He said to her, “What about his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”

Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:19]  ² tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).

[12:9]  ³ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “commanded.”