1 Samuel 1:4

1:4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give meat portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 2:18

2:18 Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 3:2

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled. ¹ 

1 Samuel 6:11

6:11 They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

1 Samuel 8:6

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ²  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ³  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 14:7

14:7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. ⁴  Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ⁶  looked on ⁷  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 14:18

14:18 So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” ⁹  for he was at that time wearing the ephod. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ¹¹  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ¹²  for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 14:48

14:48 He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ¹⁴  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ¹⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:19

16:19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.

1 Samuel 17:10

17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight ¹⁶  each other!”

1 Samuel 17:16

17:16 Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position.

1 Samuel 17:30

17:30 Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, ¹⁷  but they ¹⁸  gave him the same answer as before.

1 Samuel 17:42

17:42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ¹⁹  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ²⁰ 

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ²¹  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ²²  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 22:4

22:4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time ²³  that David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 23:1

David Delivers the City of Keilah

23:1 They told David, “The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors.”

1 Samuel 23:12

23:12 David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The Lord said, “They will deliver you over.”

1 Samuel 24:17

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent ²⁴  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you!

1 Samuel 25:32

25:32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praised ²⁵  be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

1 Samuel 25:44--26:1

25:44 (Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.)

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ²⁶  Jeshimon?”

1 Samuel 29:1

David Is Rejected by the Philistine Leaders

29:1 The Philistines assembled all their troops ²⁷  at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel.

[3:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”

[8:6]  ² tn Heb “when.”

[8:20]  ³ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[14:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “in your heart.”

[14:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Look, I am with you, according to your heart.” See the note at 13:14.

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “saw, and look!”

[14:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

[14:18]  ⁹ tc Heb “the ark of God.” It seems unlikely that Saul would call for the ark, which was several miles away in Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Sam 7:2). The LXX and an Old Latin ms have “ephod” here, a reading which harmonizes better with v. 3 and fits better with the verb “bring near” (see 1 Sam 23:9; 30:7) and with the expression “withdraw your hand” in v.19. This reading is followed in the present translation (cf. NAB, TEV, NLT).

[14:18]  ¹⁰ tc Heb “for the ark of God was in that day, and the sons of Israel.” The translation follows the text of some Greek manuscripts. See the previous note.

[14:26]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ¹² tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[14:48]  ¹³ tn Heb “plunderers.”

[15:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:19]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[17:10]  ¹⁶ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.

[17:30]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and spoke according to this word.”

[17:30]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the people.”

[20:7]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ²⁰ tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

[20:33]  ²¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ²² tn Heb “knew.”

[22:4]  ²³ tn Heb “all the days.”

[24:17]  ²⁴ tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”

[25:32]  ²⁵ tn Heb “blessed” (also in vv. 33, 39).

[26:1]  ²⁶ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[29:1]  ²⁷ tn Heb “camps.”