1 Samuel 8:6

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ¹  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:21

12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ² 

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ³  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 18:20

18:20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it ⁴  pleased him.

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “when.”

[12:21]  ² tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”

[17:32]  ³ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[18:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “the matter.”