1 Samuel 1:6

1:6 Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, ¹  for the Lord had not enabled her to have children.

1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ²  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 12:16

12:16 “So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ³  of Israel does not go back on his word ⁴  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Jesse presented ⁶  Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 25:43

25:43 David had also married ⁷  Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives.

1 Samuel 31:6

31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

¹ tn Heb “and her rival wife grieved her, even [with] grief so as to worry her.”

² tn Heb “and go out before us.”

³ tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

⁴ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

⁵ sn This observation marks the preceding statement (v. 28) as an unconditional, unalterable decree. When God makes such a decree he will not alter it or change his mind. This does not mean that God never deviates from his stated intentions or changes his mind. On the contrary, several passages describe him as changing his mind. In fact, his willingness to do so is one of his fundamental divine attributes (see Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Change His Mind?” BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.

⁴ tn Heb “caused to pass by.”

⁵ tn Heb “taken.”