1 Samuel 1:2

1:2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

1 Samuel 1:22

1:22 but Hannah did not go up with them. ¹  Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”

1 Samuel 1:28

1:28 Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they ²  worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 9:10

9:10 So Saul said to his servant, “That’s a good idea! ³  Come on. Let’s go.” So they went to the town where the man of God was.

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ⁴  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ⁵  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 14:11

14:11 When they ⁶  made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”

1 Samuel 14:49

Members of Saul’s Family

14:49 The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua. ⁷  He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal.

1 Samuel 19:3

19:3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, ⁸  I will let you know.”

1 Samuel 20:19

20:19 On the third day ⁹  you should go down quickly ¹⁰  and come to the place where you hid yourself the day this all started. ¹¹  Stay near the stone Ezel.

[1:22]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause is contrastive here. The words “with them” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he,” apparently referring to Samuel (but cf. CEV “Elkanah”). A few medieval manuscripts and some ancient versions take the verb as plural (cf. TEV, NLT).

[9:10]  ¹ tn Heb “your word is good.”

[10:10]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:11]  ¹ tn Heb “the two of them.”

[14:49]  ¹ sn The list differs from others. In 1 Sam 31:2 (= 1 Chr 10:2), Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua are listed as Saul’s sons, while 1 Chr 8:33 and 9:39 list Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

[19:3]  ¹ tn Heb “when I see.”

[20:19]  ¹ tc Heb “you will do [something] a third time.” The translation assumes an emendation of the verb from שִׁלַּשְׁתָּ (shillashta, “to do a third time”) to שִׁלִּישִׁית (shillishit, “[on the] third [day]”).

[20:19]  ² tn Heb “you must go down greatly.” See Judg 19:11 for the same idiom.

[20:19]  ³ tn Heb “on the day of the deed.” This probably refers to the incident recorded in 19:2.