1 Samuel 13:10

13:10 Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. ¹ 

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ²  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ³  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 16:4

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ⁴  When he arrived in Bethlehem, ⁵  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ⁶  said, “Do you come in peace?”

¹ tn Heb “to bless him.”

² tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

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

³ tn Heb “said.”

⁴ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁵ tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).