1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ¹  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ²  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ³  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

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. ⁴  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ⁶  them until the break of day. ⁷  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁸  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁹  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 14:41

14:41 Then Saul said, “O Lord God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O Lord God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim.” ¹⁰  Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated. ¹¹ 

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? ¹²  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 18:17

18:17 ¹³ Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior ¹⁴  for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 18:25

18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his ¹⁵  enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)

1 Samuel 19:5

19:5 He risked his life ¹⁶  when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

1 Samuel 19:17

19:17 Saul said to Michal, “Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!” Michal replied to Saul, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away or else I will kill you!’” ¹⁷ 

1 Samuel 23:11

23:11 Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, please inform your servant!”

Then the Lord said, “He will come down.”

1 Samuel 23:17

23:17 He said to him, “Don’t be afraid! For the hand of my father Saul cannot find you. You will rule over Israel, and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul realizes this.”

1 Samuel 27:11

27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time ¹⁸  that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

[2:30]  ¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[2:30]  ² tn Heb “walk about before.”

[2:30]  ³ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

[9:6]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[9:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

[14:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁹ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[14:41]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “to the Lord God of Israel: ‘Give what is perfect.’” The Hebrew textual tradition has accidentally omitted several words here. The present translation follows the LXX (as do several English versions, cf. NAB, NRSV, TEV). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 247-48, and R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 132.

[14:41]  sn The Urim and Thummim were used for lot casting in ancient Israel. Their exact identity is uncertain; they may have been specially marked stones drawn from a bag. See Exod 28:30; Lev 8:8, and Deut 33:8, as well as the discussion in R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 140.

[14:41]  ¹¹ tn Heb “went out.”

[17:26]  ¹² tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

[18:17]  ¹³ tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

[18:17]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “son of valor.”

[18:25]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “the king’s.”

[19:5]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he put his life into his hand.”

[19:17]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Send me away! Why should I kill you?” The question has the force of a threat in this context. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 325, 26.

[27:11]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “all the days.”