1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you¹ before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.²

1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out³ for himself a man who is loyal to him⁴ and the Lord has appointed⁵ him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 24:6

24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one,⁶ by extending my hand against him. After all,⁷ he is the Lord’s chosen one.”⁸

1 Samuel 21:7

21:7 (One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)

1 Samuel 4:4

4:4 So the army⁹ sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

¹tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

²tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

³tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

⁴tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

⁵tn Heb “commanded.”

⁵tn Heb “anointed.”

⁶tn Or “for.”

⁷tn Heb “anointed.”

⁷tn Or “people.”