1 Samuel 14:5

14:5 The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba.

1 Samuel 14:7

14:7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. ¹  Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!” ² 

1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ³  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ⁵  of Israel does not go back on his word ⁶  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ⁷ 

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, ⁸  but they ⁹  gave him the same answer as before.

1 Samuel 18:13

18:13 Saul removed David ¹⁰  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ¹¹  David led the army out to battle and back. ¹² 

1 Samuel 20:38

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 21:10

21:10 So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

[14:7]  ¹ tn Heb “in your heart.”

[14:7]  ² tn Heb “Look, I am with you, according to your heart.” See the note at 13:14.

[15:19]  ³ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[15:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

[15:29]  ⁶ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

[15:29]  ⁷ 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.

[17:30]  ⁸ tn Heb “and spoke according to this word.”

[17:30]  ⁹ tn Heb “the people.”

[18:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:13]  ¹¹ tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”

[18:13]  ¹² tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.