1 Samuel 2:11

2:11 Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of ¹  Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 8:2

8:2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba.

1 Samuel 10:7

10:7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. ² 

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ³  “He is really hated ⁴  among his own people in ⁵  Israel! From now on ⁶  he will be my servant.”

¹ tn Heb “with [or “before”] the face of.”

² sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied.

³ tn Heb “saying.”

⁴ tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

⁵ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”