1 Samuel 1:18

1:18 She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. ¹  Her face no longer looked sad.

1 Samuel 9:10

9:10 So Saul said to his servant, “That’s a good idea! ²  Come on. Let’s go.” So they went to the town where the man of God was.

1 Samuel 14:29

14:29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed ³  when I tasted just a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded ⁴  and what you said as well. ⁵  For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 20:36

20:36 He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan ⁷  shot the arrow beyond him.

1 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The priest replied to David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers ⁸  have abstained from sexual relations with women.” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 23:4

23:4 So David asked the Lord once again. But again the Lord replied, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”

1 Samuel 23:22

23:22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely ¹⁰  where he is ¹¹  and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

1 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly. ¹² 

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he ¹³  sent ten servants, ¹⁴  saying to them, ¹⁵  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 25:41

25:41 She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, “Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash ¹⁷  the feet of the servants of my lord.”

1 Samuel 26:17

26:17 When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied, “Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.”

[1:18]  ¹ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “and got something to eat.”

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “your word is good.”

[14:29]  ³ tc The LXX reads “saw.” See v. 27.

[15:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[15:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your words.”

[15:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I listened to their voice.”

[20:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “servants.”

[21:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “have kept themselves from women” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “haven’t had sexual relations recently”; NLT “have not slept with any women recently.”

[23:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “know and see.” The expression is a hendiadys. See also v. 23.

[23:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “his place where his foot is.”

[24:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted his voice and wept.”

[25:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

[25:5]  ¹⁰ tn Or “young men.”

[25:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

[25:5]  ¹² tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

[25:41]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Here is your maidservant, for a lowly servant to wash.”