1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ¹  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 9:22

9:22 Then Samuel brought ²  Saul and his servant into the room and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. There were about thirty people present.

1 Samuel 13:12

13:12 I thought, ³  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ⁴  to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 14:4

14:4 Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh.

1 Samuel 19:3

19:3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, ⁵  I will let you know.”

1 Samuel 19:24

19:24 He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there ⁶  naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”)

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ⁷  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 26:20

26:20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge ⁸  in the hill country.”

1 Samuel 30:9

30:9 So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 30:11

30:11 Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink.

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.

[5:3]  ¹ tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

[9:22]  ² tn Heb “took and brought.”

[13:12]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ⁴ tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[19:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “when I see.”

[19:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he fell down.”

[20:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[26:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.

[30:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “stood.” So also in v. 10.