1 Samuel 4:13

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ¹  the road, for he was very worried ²  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ³  the whole city cried out.

1 Samuel 6:14

6:14 The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.

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 14:12

14:12 Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” ⁴  Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given ⁵  them into the hand of Israel!”

1 Samuel 15:22

15:22 Then Samuel said,

“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as he does in obedience? ⁶ 

Certainly, ⁷  obedience ⁸  is better than sacrifice;

paying attention is better than ⁹  the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 16:5

16:5 He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 17:47

17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 19:20

19:20 So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul’s messengers, and they also prophesied.

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ¹²  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ¹³  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ¹⁴  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 21:11

21:11 The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying,

‘Saul struck down his thousands,

But David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 22:22

22:22 Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty ¹⁵  of all the deaths in your father’s house!

1 Samuel 23:26

23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

1 Samuel 25:13

25:13 Then David instructed his men, “Each of you strap on your sword!” So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment.

1 Samuel 26:5

26:5 So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

[4:13]  ¹ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

[4:13]  ² tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

[4:13]  ³ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”

[14:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “a thing.”

[14:12]  ⁵ tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically here to express Jonathan’s certitude. As far as he is concerned, the victory is as good as won and can be described as such.

[15:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “as [in] listening to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “look.”

[15:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “listening.”

[15:22]  ⁹ tn The expression “is better” is understood here by ellipsis (see the immediately preceding statement).

[18:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”

[18:21]  ¹¹ tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.

[20:3]  ¹² tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ¹³ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[22:22]  ¹⁵ tc The translation follows the LXX, which reads “I am guilty,” rather than the MT, which has “I have turned.”