1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. ¹  (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair ²  by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

1 Samuel 7:2

Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ³  of Israel longed for ⁴  the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:21

12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ⁶  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ⁷  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁸  Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 14:37

14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 20:37-38

20:37 When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to ⁹  the servant, “Isn’t the arrow further beyond you?” 20:38 Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ¹⁰  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 23:28

23:28 So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 24:5

24:5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him ¹²  because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 24:21

24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ¹³  that you will not kill ¹⁴  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

1 Samuel 25:42

25:42 Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. ¹⁵  She followed David’s messengers and became his wife.

1 Samuel 26:18

26:18 He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 30:8

30:8 David inquired of the Lord, saying, “Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?” He said to him, “Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!”

[1:9]  ¹ tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

[1:9]  ² tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

[12:21]  ⁵ tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”

[13:4]  ⁶ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

[20:37]  ⁹ tn Heb “called after” (also in v. 38).

[23:25]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to search.”

[23:28]  ¹¹ sn The name הַמַּחְלְקוֹת סֶלַע (Sela Hammakhleqoth) probably means “Rock of Divisions” in Hebrew, in the sense that Saul and David parted company there (cf. NAB “Gorge of Divisions”; TEV “Separation Hill”). This etymology assumes that the word derives from the Hebrew root II חלק (khlq, “to divide”; HALOT 322 s.v. II חלק). However, there is another root I חלק, which means “to be smooth or slippery” (HALOT 322 s.v. I חלק). If the word is taken from this root, the expression would mean “Slippery Rock.”

[24:5]  ¹² tn Heb “the heart of David struck him.”

[24:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “cut off.”

[25:42]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “going at her feet.”

[26:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “What in my hand [is] evil?”