1 Samuel 1:19

1:19 They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with ¹  his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered ²  her.

1 Samuel 10:9-10

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ³  turned ⁴  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ⁵  All these signs happened on that very day. 10:10 When Saul and his servant ⁶  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ⁷  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ⁸  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 14:20

14:20 Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found ¹⁰  the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 25:40

25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”

1 Samuel 26:1

David Spares Saul’s Life Again

26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near ¹²  Jeshimon?”

1 Samuel 30:9

30:9 So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 31:8

31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead ¹⁴  on Mount Gilboa.

[1:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.

[1:19]  ² sn The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.

[10:9]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

[10:9]  ⁵ 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.”

[10:10]  ⁵ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

[10:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[11:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

[11:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

[14:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “and look, there was”

[14:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the sword of a man against his companion, a very great panic.”

[26:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[30:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “stood.” So also in v. 10.

[31:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “fallen.”