1 Samuel 18:20

18:20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it ¹  pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David ²  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 3:1-2

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ³  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 30:4

30:4 Then David and the men ⁴  who were with him wept loudly ⁵  until they could weep no more. ⁶ 

Esther 8:5

8:5 She said, “If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, ⁷  which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.

¹ tn Heb “the matter.”

² tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “before Eli.”

⁴ tn Heb “people.”

⁵ tn Heb “lifted up their voice and wept.”

⁶ tn Heb “until there was no longer in them strength to weep.”

⁵ tc The LXX does not include the expression “the Agagite.”