1 Samuel 3:20

3:20 All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord.

1 Samuel 18:28

18:28 When Saul realized ¹  that the Lord was with David and that his ²  daughter Michal loved David, ³ 

1 Samuel 26:4

26:4 David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 1:19

1:19 They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with ⁵  his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered ⁶  her.

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ⁷  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ⁸  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ⁹  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 28:14

28:14 He said to her, “What about his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”

Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

¹ tn Heb “saw and knew.”

² tn Heb “Saul’s.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

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

¹ tn Heb “and David sent scouts and he knew that Saul had certainly come.”

¹ tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.

² sn The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.

¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “knew.”

¹ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”