1 Samuel 2:25

2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons ¹  would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided ²  to kill them.

1 Samuel 10:12

10:12 A man who was from there replied, “And who is their father?” Therefore this became a proverb: “Is even Saul among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 14:28

14:28 Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath ³  saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”

1 Samuel 14:39

14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 18:11

18:11 and Saul threw the spear, thinking, “I’ll nail David to the wall!” But David escaped from him on two different occasions.

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 24:12

24:12 May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

1 Samuel 25:30

25:30 The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ⁷  and he will make ⁸  you a leader over Israel.

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ⁹  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

[2:25]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “desired.”

[14:28]  ³ tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath.

[14:39]  ⁴ tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”

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

[19:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[25:30]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

[25:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “appoint.”

[29:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”