1 Samuel 8:7-9

8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. ¹  For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king. 8:8 Just as they have done ²  from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you. 8:9 So now do as they say. ³  But seriously warn ⁴  them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ⁶  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

1 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Samuel 15:22-23

15:22 Then Samuel said,

“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as he does in obedience? ⁷ 

Certainly, ⁸  obedience ⁹  is better than sacrifice;

paying attention is better than ¹⁰  the fat of rams.

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ¹¹  king.”

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. ¹²  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ¹³  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 31:1-7

The Death of Saul

31:1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa. 31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels ¹⁵  of Saul and his sons. They ¹⁶  struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. 31:3 Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; ¹⁷  the archers ¹⁸  spotted him and wounded him severely.

31:4 Saul said to his armor bearer, “Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me.” But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. 31:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. 31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

[8:7]  ¹ tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

[8:8]  ² tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”

[8:9]  ³ tn Heb “and now, listen to their voice.”

[8:9]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the imperative for emphasis.

[8:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and tell them the manner of the king who will rule over them.”

[10:19]  ⁶ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).

[15:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “as [in] listening to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “look.”

[15:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “listening.”

[15:22]  ¹⁰ tn The expression “is better” is understood here by ellipsis (see the immediately preceding statement).

[15:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “from [being].”

[16:1]  ¹² tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ¹³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[31:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[31:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “the Philistines.”

[31:3]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the battle was heavy against Saul.”

[31:3]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the shooters, men with the bow.”