1 Samuel 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. ¹  Samuel then said, ²  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ³  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁴  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 14:19

14:19 While ⁵  Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistines’ camp was becoming greater and greater. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand!”

1 Samuel 15:20

15:20 Then Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed ⁶  the Lord! I went on the campaign ⁷  the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ⁸  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ⁹ 

[9:27]  ¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

[9:27]  ² tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[13:13]  ³ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”

[14:19]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps “until.”

[15:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “journey.”

[18:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”