1 Samuel 2:16

2:16 If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No! ¹  Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”

1 Samuel 6:3-4

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ²  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.” 6:4 They inquired, “What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?”

They replied, “The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.

1 Samuel 21:6

21:6 So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.

1 Samuel 24:4

24:4 David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” ³  So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ⁴  the mediums and magicians ⁵  from the land! Why are you trapping me ⁶  so you can put me to death?”

[2:16]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the Kethib and MT, which read “to him.”

[6:3]  ² tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[24:4]  ³ tn Heb “is good in your eyes.”

[28:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

[28:9]  ⁵ tn See the note at v. 3.

[28:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “my life.”