1 Samuel 2:13

2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: ¹  Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork ²  in his hand.

1 Samuel 4:13

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ³  the road, for he was very worried ⁴  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ⁵  the whole city cried out.

1 Samuel 5:10-11

5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here ⁶  to kill our ⁷  people!” 5:11 So they assembled ⁸  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ⁹  and our ¹⁰  people!” The terror ¹¹  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ¹² 

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ¹³  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

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 10:21

10:21 Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found.

1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ¹⁴  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ¹⁵  large or small without making me aware of it. ¹⁶  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 31:4

31:4 Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it.

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “the habit of the priests with the people [was this].”

[2:13]  ² sn The Hebrew word occurs only twice in the OT, here and again in v. 14. Its exact meaning is not entirely clear, although from the context it appears to be a sacrificial tool used for retrieving things from boiling water.

[4:13]  ³ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

[4:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

[4:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”

[5:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “to me.”

[5:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ¹¹ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ¹² tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[6:3]  ¹³ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[20:2]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ¹⁵ 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]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”