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 2:21

2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. ¹ 

1 Samuel 3:11

3:11 The Lord said to Samuel, “Look! I am about to do something in Israel; ²  when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

1 Samuel 6:10

6:10 So the men did as instructed. ³  They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

1 Samuel 14:11

14:11 When they ⁴  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. ⁵  He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal.

1 Samuel 27:3

27:3 David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. ⁶  David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”

[3:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “so that” here, formally connecting this clause with the next.

[6:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and the men did so.”

[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.

[27:3]  ¹ tn Heb “a man and his house.”