1 Samuel 3:20

3:20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:22

12:22 The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. ¹  The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ²  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ³  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁴  Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 13:12

13:12 I thought, ⁵  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ⁶  to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 14:43

14:43 So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!” ⁷ 

1 Samuel 17:18

17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ⁸  Find out how your brothers are doing ⁹  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 18:8

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, ¹¹  “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:23

18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately ¹²  to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”

1 Samuel 26:20

26:20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge ¹³  in the hill country.”

1 Samuel 30:20

30:20 David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying, “This is David’s plunder!”

1 Samuel 30:24

30:24 Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”

1 Samuel 30:26

30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, “Here’s a gift ¹⁴  for you from the looting of the Lord’s enemies!”

1 Samuel 31:8

31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead ¹⁵  on Mount Gilboa.

[12:22]  ¹ tn Heb “on account of his great name.”

[13:4]  ² tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

[13:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ⁶ tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[14:43]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look, I, I will die.” Apparently Jonathan is acquiescing to his anticipated fate of death. However, the words may be taken as sarcastic (“Here I am about to die!”) or as a question, “Must I now die?” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

[17:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

[18:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.

[18:23]  ¹² tn Heb “in the ears of.”

[26:20]  ¹³ tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.

[30:26]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “blessing.”

[31:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fallen.”