1 Samuel 1:14

1:14 So he ¹  said to her, “How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!”

1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ²  turned ³  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ⁴  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ⁵  looked on ⁶  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 15:4

15:4 So Saul assembled ⁸  the army ⁹  and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

1 Samuel 15:7

15:7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to ¹⁰  Shur, which is next to Egypt.

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ¹¹  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David ¹²  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ¹³  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 22:23

22:23 Stay with me. Don’t be afraid! Whoever ¹⁵  seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me.”

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 25:12

25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David ¹⁶  all these things.

1 Samuel 26:9

26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord’s chosen one ¹⁷  and remain guiltless?”

1 Samuel 27:6

27:6 So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.)

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 Samuel 31:2

31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels ¹⁸  of Saul and his sons. They ¹⁹  struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

1 Samuel 31:10

31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths ²⁰  and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.

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

[10:9]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:9]  ³ tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”

[14:16]  ³ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “saw, and look!”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “caused the people to hear.”

[15:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “people.”

[15:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “[as] you enter.”

[17:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[18:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:29]  ⁸ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:29]  ⁹ tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.

[22:23]  ⁹ tn Or “the one who.” This may refer specifically to Saul, in which case David acknowledges that Abiathar’s life is endangered because of his allegiance to David. The translation assumes that the statement is more generalized, meaning that any enemy of Abiathar is an enemy of David. In other words, David promises that he will protect Abiathar with his very own life.

[25:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[26:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).

[31:2]  ¹² tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[31:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “the Philistines.”

[31:10]  ¹³ sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.