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. 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 18:29

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

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.”


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

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 In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

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