1 Samuel 1:13-14

1:13 Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk. 1:14 So he ¹  said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”

1 Samuel 8:6

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ²  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ³  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 11:10

11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ⁴  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ⁶  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 22:4

22:4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time ⁸  that David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 23:8

23:8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 23:18

23:18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.

1 Samuel 27:4

27:4 When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

1 Samuel 30:10

30:10 David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.

[1:14]  ¹ tn Heb “Eli.” The pronoun (“he”) has been used in the translation in keeping with contemporary English style.

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “when.”

[8:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[11:10]  ¹ tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.

[11:10]  ² tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”

[18:29]  ¹ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:29]  ² tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.

[22:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[23:8]  ¹ tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.”