1 Samuel 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. ¹  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ² 

1 Samuel 9:26

9:26 They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up and the two of them – he and Samuel – went outside.

1 Samuel 10:25

10:25 Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. ³  He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes.

1 Samuel 19:11

19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself ⁴  tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

1 Samuel 20:2-3

20:2 Jonathan ⁵  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ⁶  large or small without making me aware of it. ⁷  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ⁸  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁹  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ¹⁰  ‘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 20:13

20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know ¹¹  and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. ¹²  May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ¹³  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ¹⁴  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ¹⁵  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 25:8

25:8 Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come ¹⁶  at the time of a holiday. Please provide us – your servants ¹⁷  and your son David – with whatever you can spare.” ¹⁸ 

[9:6]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[9:6]  ² tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

[10:25]  ³ tn Heb “the regulation of the kingship.” This probably refers to the regulations pertaining to kingship given to Moses (see Deut 17:14-20).

[19:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “your life.”

[20:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

[20:3]  ⁸ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[20:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “uncover your ear.”

[20:13]  ¹² tn Heb “in peace.”

[22:17]  ¹³ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

[25:8]  ¹⁶ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בָּאנוּ (ba’nu, “we have come”) rather than the MT’s בָּנוּ (banu, “we have built”).

[25:8]  ¹⁷ tn This refers to the ten servants sent by David.

[25:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “whatever your hand will find.”