1 Samuel 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, ¹  Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 4:12

Eli Dies

4:12 On that day ²  a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ³  turned ⁴  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ⁵  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 13:8

13:8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ⁶  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 14:38

14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out ⁸  how this sin occurred today.

1 Samuel 20:26

20:26 However, Saul said nothing about it ⁹  that day, for he thought, ¹⁰  “Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.”

1 Samuel 24:18-19

24:18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me. 24:19 Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

1 Samuel 28:20

28:20 Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel’s words. He was completely drained of energy, ¹¹  not having eaten anything ¹²  all that day and night.

[2:34]  ¹ tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

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

[10:9]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

[10:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”

[13:8]  ⁶ tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.

[13:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”

[14:38]  ⁸ tn Heb “know and see.”

[20:26]  ⁹ tn The words “about it” are not present in the Hebrew text, although they are implied.

[20:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself.

[28:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “also there was no strength in him.”

[28:20]  ¹² tn Heb “food.”