1 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ¹  looked on ²  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ³ 

1 Samuel 16:21

16:21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, ⁴  and he became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 26:9

26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord’s chosen one ⁵  and remain guiltless?”

1 Samuel 27:7

27:7 The length of time ⁶  that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year ⁷  and four months.

[14:16]  ¹ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ² tn Heb “saw, and look!”

[14:16]  ³ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

[16:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he loved him.”

[26:9]  ¹ tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).

[27:7]  ¹ tn Heb “the number of the days.”

[27:7]  ² tn Heb “days.” The plural of the word “day” is sometimes used idiomatically to refer specifically to a year. In addition to this occurrence in v. 7 see also 1 Sam 1:3, 21; 2:19; 20:6; Lev 25:29; Judg 17:10.