1 Samuel 1:28

1:28 Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they ¹  worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 3:2

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 14:19

14:19 While ²  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 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David ³  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ⁴  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 20:36

20:36 He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan ⁶  shot the arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 28:2

28:2 David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard ⁷  from now on.” ⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “he,” apparently referring to Samuel (but cf. CEV “Elkanah”). A few medieval manuscripts and some ancient versions take the verb as plural (cf. TEV, NLT).

² tn Or perhaps “until.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

⁵ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “the guardian for my head.”

⁶ tn Heb “all the days.”