1 Samuel 9:15-17

9:15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told ¹  Samuel: 9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ²  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

9:17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, ³  “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

1 Samuel 10:24

10:24 Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 16:12-13

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ⁴  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!” 16:13 So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah.

1 Samuel 16:2

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ⁵  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 5:2

5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.

1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 12:23

12:23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.

1 Samuel 22:10

22:10 He inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”

1 Samuel 28:5

28:5 When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified. ⁶ 

Psalms 2:2

2:2 The kings of the earth ⁷  form a united front; ⁸ 

the rulers collaborate ⁹ 

against the Lord and his anointed king. ¹⁰ 

Psalms 2:6

2:6 “I myself ¹¹  have installed ¹²  my king

on Zion, my holy hill.”

¹ tn Heb “uncovered the ear of.”

² tn Heb “anoint.”

³ tn Heb “responded.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

⁵ tn Heb “in your hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “he was afraid, and his heart was very terrified.”

⁷ sn The expression kings of the earth refers somewhat hyperbolically to the kings who had been conquered by and were subject to the Davidic king.

⁸ tn Or “take their stand.” The Hebrew imperfect verbal form describes their action as underway.

⁹ tn Or “conspire together.” The verbal form is a Niphal from יָסַד (yasad). BDB 413-14 s.v. יָסַד defines the verb as “establish, found,” but HALOT 417 s.v. II יסד proposes a homonym meaning “get together, conspire” (an alternate form of סוּד, sud).

¹⁰ tn Heb “and against his anointed one.” The Davidic king is the referent (see vv. 6-7).

¹¹ tn The first person pronoun appears before the first person verbal form for emphasis, reflected in the translation by “myself.”

¹² tn Or perhaps “consecrated.”