1 Samuel 1:27

1:27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled. ¹ 

1 Samuel 10:6

10:6 Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 13:16

13:16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. ² 

1 Samuel 15:25

15:25 Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship ³  the Lord.”

1 Samuel 16:14

David Appears before Saul

16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit ⁴  from the Lord tormented him.

1 Samuel 17:19

17:19 They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army ⁵  in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 18:13

18:13 Saul removed David ⁶  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ⁷  David led the army out to battle and back. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 18:28

18:28 When Saul realized ⁹  that the Lord was with David and that his ¹⁰  daughter Michal loved David, ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 20:16

20:16 and called David’s enemies to account.” So Jonathan made a covenant ¹²  with the house of David. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 20:35

20:35 The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

1 Samuel 22:4

22:4 So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time ¹⁴  that David was in the stronghold.

1 Samuel 29:2

29:2 When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, ¹⁵  David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish.

[3:19]  ¹ tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”

[13:16]  ¹ tn The juxtaposition of disjunctive clauses in v.16 indicates synchronic action.

[15:25]  ¹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[16:14]  ¹ tn Or “an injurious spirit”; cf. NLT “a tormenting spirit.” The phrase need not refer to an evil, demonic spirit. The Hebrew word translated “evil” may refer to the character of the spirit or to its effect upon Saul. If the latter, another translation option might be “a mischief-making spirit.”

[17:19]  ¹ tn Heb “all the men of Israel.”

[18:13]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:13]  ² tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”

[18:13]  ³ tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.

[18:28]  ¹ tn Heb “saw and knew.”

[18:28]  ² tn Heb “Saul’s.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:16]  ¹ tn Heb “cut.” The object of the verb (“covenant”) must be supplied.

[20:16]  ² tn The word order is different in the Hebrew text, which reads “and Jonathan cut with the house of David, and the Lord will seek from the hand of the enemies of David.” The translation assumes that the main clauses of the verse have been accidentally transposed in the course of transmission. The first part of the verse (as it stands in MT) belongs with v. 17, while the second part of the verse actually continues v. 15.

[22:4]  ¹ tn Heb “all the days.”

[29:2]  ¹ tn Heb “passing by with respect to hundreds and thousands.” This apparently describes a mustering of troops for the purpose of inspection and readiness.