1 Samuel 14:38

14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out ¹  how this sin occurred today.

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ²  of Israel does not go back on his word ³  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 18:28

18:28 When Saul realized ⁵  that the Lord was with David and that his ⁶  daughter Michal loved David, ⁷ 

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁸  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ⁹  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ¹⁰  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

[14:38]  ¹ tn Heb “know and see.”

[15:29]  ² tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

[15:29]  ³ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

[15:29]  ⁴ sn This observation marks the preceding statement (v. 28) as an unconditional, unalterable decree. When God makes such a decree he will not alter it or change his mind. This does not mean that God never deviates from his stated intentions or changes his mind. On the contrary, several passages describe him as changing his mind. In fact, his willingness to do so is one of his fundamental divine attributes (see Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Change His Mind?” BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “saw and knew.”

[18:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “Saul’s.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ⁹ tn Heb “knew.”

[23:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”