1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ¹  turned ²  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ³  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ⁴  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 24:5

24:5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him ⁵  because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

[10:9]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:9]  ² tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

[10:9]  ³ 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.”

[17:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[24:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “the heart of David struck him.”