1 Samuel 2:20

2:20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants ¹  from this woman to replace the one that she ²  dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their ³  home.

1 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

1 Samuel 8:18

8:18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ⁵  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁶  army, ⁷  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 ⁸  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁹  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 14:38-39

14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out ¹⁰  how this sin occurred today. 14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 14:52--15:1

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.

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ¹² 

1 Samuel 18:8

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, ¹³  “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ¹⁴  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ¹⁵  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 25:40

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

[2:20]  ¹ tn Heb “seed.”

[2:20]  ² tn The MT has a masculine verb here, but in light of the context the reference must be to Hannah. It is possible that the text of the MT is incorrect here (cf. the ancient versions), in which case the text should be changed to read either a passive participle or better, the third feminine singular of the verb. If the MT is correct here, perhaps the masculine is to be understood in a nonspecific and impersonal way, allowing for a feminine antecedent. In any case, the syntax of the MT is unusual here.

[2:20]  ³ tn Heb “his.”

[8:18]  ⁴ tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”

[12:9]  ⁵ 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]  ⁶ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[13:13]  ⁸ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “commanded.”

[14:38]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “know and see.”

[14:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”

[15:1]  ¹² tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[18:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.

[19:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”