1 Samuel 1:27

1:27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 10:15

10:15 Saul’s uncle said, “Tell me what Samuel said to you.” ¹ 

1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ²  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 20:10

20:10 David said to Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ³  “He is really hated ⁴  among his own people in ⁵  Israel! From now on ⁶  he will be my servant.”

1 Samuel 28:11

28:11 The woman replied, “Who is it that I should bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up for me Samuel.”

¹ tc In the LXX and Vulgate the pronoun “you” is singular, referring specifically to Saul. In the MT it is plural, including Saul’s servant as well.

¹ tn Heb “see.”

¹ tn Heb “saying.”

² tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

³ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

⁴ tn Heb “permanently.”