1 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Jesse presented ¹  Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 16:22

16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” ² 

1 Samuel 23:18

23:18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.

1 Samuel 30:25

30:25 From that time onward it was a binding ordinance ³  for Israel, right up to the present time.

1 Samuel 31:10

31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths ⁴  and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.

[16:9]  ¹ tn Heb “caused to pass by.”

[16:22]  ² tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

[30:25]  ³ tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[31:10]  ⁴ sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.