1 Samuel 6:2

6:2 the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying, “What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.”

1 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Saul said to his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul ¹  did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ²  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ³ 

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ⁴  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 12:24

12:24 However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

1 Samuel 14:1

14:1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, ⁶  “Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.

1 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So Saul said to the army that was with him, “Muster the troops and see who is no longer with us.” When they mustered the troops, ⁷  Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

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. ⁸  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 23:19

23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ⁹  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 24:1

David Spares Saul’s Life

24:1 (24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”

1 Samuel 25:37

25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ¹⁰  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 26:10

26:10 David went on to say, “As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away.

1 Samuel 28:19

28:19 The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! ¹²  Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. ¹³  The Lord will also hand the army ¹⁴  of Israel over to the Philistines!”

[10:16]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:27]  ² tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ³ tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

[11:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

[14:1]  ⁶ tn Or “the servant who was carrying his military equipment” (likewise in vv. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14).

[14:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they mustered the troops, and look!”

[20:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[23:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “to search.”

[25:37]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”

[25:37]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and his heart died within him and he became a stone.” Cf. TEV, NLT “stroke”; CEV “heart attack.” For an alternative interpretation than that presented above, see Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle, “The Law of the Heart: The Death of a Fool (1 Samuel 25),” JBL 120 (2001): 401-27, who argues that a medical diagnosis is not necessary here. Instead, the passage makes a connection between the heart and the law; Nabal dies for his lawlessness.

[28:19]  ¹² tn Heb “And the Lord will give also Israel along with you into the hand of the Philistines.”

[28:19]  ¹³ tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the LXX has here “and tomorrow you and your sons with you will fall.”

[28:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “camp.”