1 Samuel 7:2

Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ¹  of Israel longed for ²  the Lord.

1 Samuel 12:22

12:22 The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. ³  The Lord was pleased to make you his own people.

1 Samuel 13:8

13:8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ⁴  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ⁶  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ⁷  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 24:7

24:7 David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down ⁹  the road.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

[7:2]  ² tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

[12:22]  ³ tn Heb “on account of his great name.”

[13:8]  ⁴ tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.

[13:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”

[19:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

[24:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “went on.”