1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ¹  for himself a man who is loyal to him ²  and the Lord has appointed ³  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 15:6

15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away ⁴  with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ⁵  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ⁶  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁷  and is articulate ⁸  and handsome, ⁹  for the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 17:26

17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? ¹⁰  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:33

17:33 But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ¹¹  gathered around ¹²  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 25:25

25:25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! ¹³  But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 28:8

28:8 So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said, “Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you.” ¹⁵ 

¹ tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

² tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

³ tn Heb “commanded.”

⁴ tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esfÿka, “I sweep you away,” from the root ספה [sfh]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (’osifÿka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אסף[’sf]).

⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

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⁷ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

⁸ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

⁹ tn Heb “a man of form.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

¹¹ tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

¹² tn Heb “to.”

¹³ tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “Use divination for me with the ritual pit and bring up for me the one whom I say to you.”