1 Samuel 2:21
2:21 So the
Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the
Lord’s sanctuary.
1
1 Samuel 16:12
16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. 2 Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”
1 Samuel 17:32
17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. 3 Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”
1 Samuel 17:42
17:42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.
1 Samuel 27:3
27:3 David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families.
4 David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.
1 tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”
2 tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”
3 tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”
4 tn Heb “a man and his house.”