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 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

1 Samuel 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. ²  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ³ 

1 Samuel 9:12

9:12 They replied, “Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place.

1 Samuel 10:18

10:18 He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power ⁴  of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ⁵  them until the break of day. ⁶  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁷  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁸  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

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 ⁹  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 15:11

15:11 “I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do.” Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night.

1 Samuel 21:5

21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ ¹⁰  equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”

1 Samuel 22:15

22:15 Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse ¹¹  his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this – not in whole or in part!” ¹² 

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.’” ¹³  So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 29:8

29:8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”

[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.”

[9:6]  ² tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[9:6]  ³ tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

[10:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “hand” (also later in this verse).

[14:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[15:6]  ⁹ 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]).

[21:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “servants’.”

[22:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “set a matter against.”

[22:15]  ¹² tn Heb “small or great.”

[24:4]  ¹³ tn Heb “is good in your eyes.”