1 Samuel 8:22

8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ¹  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ²  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ³ 

1 Samuel 14:13

14:13 Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, ⁴  while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 14:22

14:22 When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ⁶  gathered around ⁷  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 23:24

23:24 So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon.

1 Samuel 25:15

25:15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together ⁸  in the field.

[8:22]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”

[10:27]  ² tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ³ tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

[14:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they fell before Jonathan.”

[14:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “and the one carrying his equipment was killing after him.”

[22:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

[22:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “to.”

[25:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”