1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ¹  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ²  and our ³  people!” The terror ⁴  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

1 Samuel 15:11

15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

1 Samuel 18:10

18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre ⁶  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ⁷  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁸  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ⁹  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, ¹⁰  by extending my hand against him. After all, ¹¹  he is the Lord’s chosen one.” ¹² 

1 Samuel 24:10

24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity ¹³  on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ ¹⁴ 

[5:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[18:10]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”

[20:3]  ⁷ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁸ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[24:6]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “anointed.”

[24:6]  ¹¹ tn Or “for.”

[24:6]  ¹² tn Heb “anointed.”

[24:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.

[24:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”