1 Samuel 1:18

1:18 She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. ¹  Her face no longer looked sad.

1 Samuel 4:21

4:21 She named the boy Ichabod, ²  saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband.

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ³  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ⁴  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 25:37

25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ⁵  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ⁶ 

[1:18]  ¹ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “and got something to eat.”

[4:21]  ² sn The name Ichabod (אִי־כָבוֹד) may mean, “Where is the glory?”

[10:10]  ³ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

[10:10]  tn Heb “they”; the referents (Saul and his servant) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:37]  ⁵ tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”

[25:37]  ⁶ tn Heb “and his heart died within him and he became a stone.” Cf. TEV, NLT “stroke”; CEV “heart attack.” For an alternative interpretation than that presented above, see Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle, “The Law of the Heart: The Death of a Fool (1 Samuel 25),” JBL 120 (2001): 401-27, who argues that a medical diagnosis is not necessary here. Instead, the passage makes a connection between the heart and the law; Nabal dies for his lawlessness.