1 Samuel 9:7

9:7 So Saul said to his servant, “All right, ¹  we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

1 Samuel 15:12

15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where ²  he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left ³  and went down to Gilgal.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 26:21

26:21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you, for you treated my life with value ⁵  this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!” ⁶ 

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “look.”

[15:12]  ² tn Heb “and look.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”

[15:12]  ⁴ tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.”

[26:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”

[26:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”