1 Samuel 15:6

15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away ¹  with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

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. ²  Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, ³  for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 18:17

18:17 ⁵ Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior ⁶  for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ⁷  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁸  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁹  the priests of the Lord.

[15:6]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esfÿka, “I sweep you away,” from the root ספה [sfh]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (’osifÿka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אסף[’sf]).

[16:1]  ² tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

[16:1]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

[18:17]  ⁵ tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

[18:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “son of valor.”

[22:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “runners.”

[22:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “their hand is.”

[22:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”