1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ¹  turned ²  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ³  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ⁴  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 24:5

24:5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him ⁵  because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 25:31

25:31 Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt ⁶  for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, ⁷  please remember your servant.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

³ tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”

⁴ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

⁷ tn Heb “the heart of David struck him.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and this will not be for you for staggering and for stumbling of the heart of my lord.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and the Lord will do well for my lord.”