1 Samuel 1:21

Hannah Dedicates Samuel to the Lord

1:21 This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow,

1 Samuel 4:8

4:8 Too bad for us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert!

1 Samuel 14:13

14:13 Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, ¹  while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them. ² 

1 Samuel 17:43

17:43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” ³  Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Samuel 19:8

19:8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly ⁴  and they ran away from him.

1 Samuel 19:10

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ⁵  David escaped quickly ⁶  that night.

1 Samuel 20:9

20:9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

1 Samuel 24:7

24:7 David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down ⁷  the road.

1 Samuel 24:19

24:19 Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me.

1 Samuel 28:17

28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! ⁸  The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

[14:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and they fell before Jonathan.”

[14:13]  ² tn Heb “and the one carrying his equipment was killing after him.”

[17:43]  ³ sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.

[19:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”

[19:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[24:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “went on.”

[28:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”