1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ¹  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ²  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ³  Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 14:50

14:50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the general in command of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 14:52

14:52 There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

1 Samuel 15:13

15:13 When Samuel came to him, ⁵  Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said.”

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ⁶  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ⁷ 

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. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 19:10

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ⁹  David escaped quickly ¹⁰  that night.

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ¹¹  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 28:12

28:12 When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly. ¹²  The woman said to Saul, “Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!”

1 Samuel 31:2

31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels ¹³  of Saul and his sons. They ¹⁴  struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

[13:4]  ¹ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

[14:50]  ⁴ sn The word “uncle” can modify either Abner or Ner. See the note on the word “son” in v. 51 for further discussion.

[15:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “to Saul.”

[18:29]  ⁶ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:29]  ⁷ tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.

[18:29]  tn Heb “all the days.”

[19:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

[19:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[23:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “to search.”

[28:12]  ¹² tn Heb “in a great voice.”

[31:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[31:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the Philistines.”