1 Samuel 1:18

1:18 She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. ¹  Her face no longer looked sad.

1 Samuel 7:13

7:13 So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

1 Samuel 13:7

13:7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River ²  to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.

1 Samuel 18:8

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, ³  “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ⁴  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 23:4

23:4 So David asked the Lord once again. But again the Lord replied, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

¹ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “and got something to eat.”

² tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.

⁴ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.