1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. ¹  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” ² 

So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

1 Samuel 14:24

Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath

14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.

1 Samuel 17:52

17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. ³  They chased the Philistines to the valley ⁴  and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 20:41

20:41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, ⁵  knelt ⁶  with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

1 Samuel 26:15

26:15 David said to Abner, “Aren’t you a man? After all, who is like you in Israel? Why then haven’t you protected your lord the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your lord the king.

1 Samuel 30:21

30:21 Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, ⁷  those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

[1:23]  ² tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).

[17:52]  ³ tn Heb “arose and cried out.”

[17:52]  ⁴ tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”

[20:41]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX in reading “the mound,” rather than the MT’s “the south.” It is hard to see what meaning the MT reading “from beside the south” would have as it stands, since such a location lacks specificity. The NIV treats it as an elliptical expression, rendering the phrase as “from the south side of the stone (rock NCV).” This is perhaps possible, but it seems better to follow the LXX rather than the MT here.

[20:41]  ⁶ tn Heb “fell.”

[30:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“him”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.