1 Samuel 17:24

17:24 When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated ¹  from his presence and were very afraid.

1 Samuel 20:36

20:36 He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan ²  shot the arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 19:12

19:12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 22:20

22:20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.

1 Samuel 27:4

27:4 When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

1 Samuel 21:10

21:10 So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

1 Samuel 31:7

31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ³  sword, drew it from its sheath, ⁴  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

1 Samuel 23:6

David Eludes Saul Again

23:6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 3:5

3:5 Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli ⁶  said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down.

1 Samuel 4:10

4:10 So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. ⁷  The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle.

1 Samuel 4:12

Eli Dies

4:12 On that day ⁸  a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

1 Samuel 4:16

4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli ⁹  asked, “How did things go, my son?”

1 Samuel 14:22

14:22 When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.

1 Samuel 17:48

17:48 The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 31:1

The Death of Saul

31:1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 19:8

19:8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly ¹¹  and they ran away from him.

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. ¹²  David escaped quickly ¹³  that night.

1 Samuel 30:17

30:17 But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 20:1

Jonathan Seeks to Protect David

20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, ¹⁵  “What have I done? What is my offense? ¹⁶  How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”

1 Samuel 19:18

19:18 Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth.

1 Samuel 8:11

8:11 He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

1 Samuel 4:17

4:17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from ¹⁷  the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ¹⁸  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ¹⁹  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ²⁰  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 23:26

23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ²¹  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 10:23

10:23 So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

1 Samuel 17:50

17:50 ²² David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. ²³ 

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ²⁴  learned about it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 25:10

25:10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!

1 Samuel 20:38

20:38 Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 3:4

3:4 The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, “Here I am!”

1 Samuel 19:17

19:17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’” ²⁵ 

1 Samuel 23:13

23:13 So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. ²⁶  When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

1 Samuel 4:14

4:14 When Eli heard the outcry, ²⁷  he said, “What is this commotion?” ²⁸  The man quickly came and told Eli.

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ²⁹  looked on ³⁰  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ³¹ 

1 Samuel 13:6

13:6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, ³²  and cisterns.

1 Samuel 19:11

19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself ³³  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 17:34

17:34 David replied to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

1 Samuel 18:11

18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

1 Samuel 19:9

19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ³⁴  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ³⁵ 

1 Samuel 3:6

3:6 The Lord again called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli ³⁶  said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:8

3:8 Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ³⁷  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ³⁸  Israel.

1 Samuel 11:11

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them ³⁹  down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

1 Samuel 27:1

David Aligns Himself with the Philistines

27:1 David thought to himself, ⁴⁰  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

1 Samuel 29:3

29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? ⁴¹  I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” ⁴² 

[17:24]  ¹ tn Or “fled.”

[20:36]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:51]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:51]  ⁴ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”

[23:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “an ephod went down in his hand.”

[3:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they fled, each to his tents.”

[4:12]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “the same day.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.f.

[4:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:48]  ¹⁰ tc Most LXX mss lack the second half of v. 48.

[19:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”

[19:10]  ¹² tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[30:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “who rode on camels and fled.”

[20:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he came and said before Jonathan.”

[20:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “What is my guilt?”

[4:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “before.”

[22:17]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[17:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

[17:50]  ²² tc Most LXX mss lack v. 50.

[17:50]  ²³ tn Verse 50 is a summary statement; v. 51 gives a more detailed account of how David killed the Philistine.

[22:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[19:17]  ²⁵ tn Heb “Send me away! Why should I kill you?” The question has the force of a threat in this context. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 325, 26.

[23:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “they went where they went.”

[4:14]  ²⁷ tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”

[4:14]  ²⁸ tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”

[14:16]  ²⁹ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ³⁰ tn Heb “saw, and look!”

[14:16]  ³¹ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

[13:6]  ³² tn Or perhaps “vaults.” This rare term also occurs in Judg 9:46, 49. Cf. KJV “high places”; ASV “coverts”; NAB “caverns”; NASB “cellars”; NIV, NCV, TEV “pits”; NRSV, NLT “tombs.”

[19:11]  ³³ tn Heb “your life.”

[19:9]  ³⁴ tn Heb “[was] to.”

[19:9]  ³⁵ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[3:6]  ³⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:10]  ³⁷ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

[7:10]  ³⁸ tn Heb “before.”

[11:11]  ³⁹ tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.

[27:1]  ⁴⁰ tn Heb “said to his heart.”

[29:3]  ⁴¹ tn Heb “these days or these years.”

[29:3]  ⁴² tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”