1 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. ¹ 

1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ²  crying out to the Lord our ³  God so that he may save us ⁴  from the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ⁵  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 14:39

14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 17:47

17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 23:2

23:2 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 25:33

25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ⁸  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

1 Samuel 4:3

4:3 When the army ⁹  came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by ¹⁰  the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us ¹¹  from the hand of our enemies.

1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ¹²  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ¹³  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

1 Samuel 11:3

11:3 The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you.”

1 Samuel 14:6

14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene ¹⁴  for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”

1 Samuel 23:5

23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. ¹⁵  David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

1 Samuel 25:26

25:26 “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:31

25:31 Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt ¹⁶  for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, ¹⁷  please remember your servant.”

¹ tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”

² tn Heb “don’t stop.”

³ tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

⁴ tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

³ tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

⁴ tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

⁴ tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”

⁵ tn Heb “blessed.”

⁶ tn Or “people.”

⁷ tn Heb “before.”

⁸ tn Heb “and it will come in our midst and it will save.” After the cohortative (see “let’s take”), the prefixed verbal forms with the prefixed conjunction indicate purpose or result. The translation understands the ark to be the subject of the third masculine singular verbs, although it is possible to understand the Lord as the subject. In the latter case, one should translate, “when he is with us, he will save us.”

⁷ tn Heb “anoint.”

⁸ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).

⁹ tn Heb “act.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and struck them down with a great blow.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and this will not be for you for staggering and for stumbling of the heart of my lord.”

¹² tn Heb “and the Lord will do well for my lord.”