1 Samuel 3:18

3:18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli ¹  said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.” ² 

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ³  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 18:23

18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately ⁵  to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ⁶  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ⁷ 

1 Samuel 21:12

21:12 David thought about what they said ⁸  and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath.

1 Samuel 25:37

25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ⁹  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ¹⁰ 

[3:18]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:18]  ² tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

[11:4]  ³ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

[11:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

[18:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the ears of.”

[18:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

[21:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “placed these matters in his heart.”

[25:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”

[25:37]  ¹⁰ 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.