1 Samuel 2:8

2:8 He lifts the weak ¹  from the dust;

he raises ²  the poor from the ash heap

to seat them with princes

and to bestow on them an honored position. ³ 

The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,

and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 4:4

4:4 So the army ⁴  sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ⁵  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ⁶  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 9:19

9:19 Samuel replied to Saul, “I am the seer! Go up in front of me to the high place! Today you will eat with me and in the morning I will send you away. I will tell you everything that you are thinking. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 9:24

9:24 So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel ⁸  said, “What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 10:11

10:11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, “What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”

1 Samuel 13:5

13:5 For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000 ⁹  chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ¹⁰  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ¹¹  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ¹²  and is articulate ¹³  and handsome, ¹⁴  for the Lord is with him.”

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? ¹⁵  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 17:33

17:33 But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

1 Samuel 17:37

17:37 David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.” ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ¹⁷  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 20:8-9

20:8 You must be loyal ¹⁸  to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. ¹⁹  If I am guilty, ²⁰  you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”

20:9 Jonathan said, “Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn’t I tell you about it?”

1 Samuel 20:34

20:34 Jonathan got up from the table enraged. He did not eat any food on that second day of the new moon, for he was upset that his father had humiliated David. ²¹ 

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ²²  gathered around ²³  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 22:8

22:8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me ²⁴  when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

1 Samuel 25:7

25:7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 25:25

25:25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! ²⁵  But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. ²⁶ 

1 Samuel 26:6

26:6 David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied, “I will go down with you.”

1 Samuel 27:5

27:5 David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”

1 Samuel 28:8

28:8 So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said, “Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you.” ²⁷ 

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ²⁸  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

[2:8]  ² tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

[2:8]  ³ tn Heb “a seat of honor.”

[4:4]  ⁴ tn Or “people.”

[5:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[9:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

[9:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “he” (also in v. 25); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in both places in the translation for clarity.

[13:5]  ⁹ tn Many English versions (e.g., KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV) read “30,000” here.

[16:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ¹² tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a man of form.”

[17:26]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

[17:37]  ¹⁶ tn Or “Go, and may the Lord be with you” (so NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[20:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:8]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and you must do loyalty.”

[20:8]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “for into a covenant of the Lord you have brought your servant with you.”

[20:8]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and if there is in me guilt.”

[20:34]  ²¹ tn Heb “for he was upset concerning David for his father had humiliated him.” The referent of the pronoun “him” is not entirely clear, but the phrase “concerning David” suggests that it refers to David, rather than Jonathan.

[22:2]  ²² tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

[22:2]  ²³ tn Heb “to.”

[22:8]  ²⁴ tn Heb “uncovers my ear.”

[25:25]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”

[25:25]  ²⁶ tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”

[28:8]  ²⁷ tn Heb “Use divination for me with the ritual pit and bring up for me the one whom I say to you.”

[29:9]  ²⁸ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”