1 Samuel 7:12

7:12 Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen.¹ He named it Ebenezer,² saying, “Up to here the Lord has helped us.”

1 Samuel 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens.³ Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.”⁴

1 Samuel 9:8

9:8 The servant went on to answer Saul, “Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel⁵ of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go.”⁶

1 Samuel 9:24

9:24 So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel⁷ said, “What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied,⁸ “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem⁹ who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior¹⁰ and is articulate¹¹ and handsome,¹² for the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 18:17

18:17 ¹³Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior¹⁴ for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 19:22

19:22 Finally Saul¹⁵ himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the large cistern that is in Secu, he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” They said, “At Naioth in Ramah.”

1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan¹⁶ said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing¹⁷ large or small without making me aware of it.¹⁸ Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal.¹⁹ You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 20:21

20:21 When I send a boy after them, I will say, “Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you;²⁰ get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.

1 Samuel 24:10

24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity²¹ on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’²²

1 Samuel 26:21

26:21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you, for you treated my life with value²³ this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!”²⁴

1 Samuel 27:8

27:8 Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach²⁵ to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

1 Samuel 28:7

28:7 So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium,²⁶ so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed²⁷ the mediums and magicians²⁸ from the land! Why are you trapping me²⁹ so you can put me to death?”

1 Samuel 28:21

28:21 When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, “Your servant has done what you asked.³⁰ I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me.³¹

¹tn Cf. NAB, NRSV, NLT “Jeshanah.”

²sn The name Ebenezer (אֶבֶן הָעָזֶר) means “stone of help” in Hebrew (cf. TEV); NLT adds the meaning parenthetically after the name.

³tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

⁴tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

⁵sn A quarter shekel of silver would weigh about a tenth of an ounce (about 3 grams).

⁶tn Heb “our way.”

⁷tn Heb “he” (also in v. 25); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in both places in the translation for clarity.

⁹tn Heb “answered and said.”

¹⁰map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

¹¹tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

¹²tn Heb “discerning of word.”

¹³tn Heb “a man of form.”

¹¹tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

¹²tn Heb “son of valor.”

¹³tn Heb “he” (also in v. 23). the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

¹⁷tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”

¹⁷tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

¹⁹tn Heb “from you and here.”

²¹tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.

²²tn Heb “anointed.”

²³tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”

²⁴tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”

²⁵tn Heb “from where you come.”

²⁷tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.

²⁹tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

³⁰tn See the note at v. 3.

³¹tn Heb “my life.”

³¹tn Heb “listened to your voice.”

³²tn Heb “listened to your words that you spoke to me.”