1 Samuel 13:12

13:12 I thought, ¹  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ²  to offer the burnt offering.”

1 Samuel 15:12

15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where ³  he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left ⁴  and went down to Gilgal.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ⁶  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ⁷  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ⁸  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

[13:12]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ² tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”

[15:12]  ³ tn Heb “and look.”

[15:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”

[15:12]  ⁵ tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin ms include the following words not found in the MT: “to Saul. And behold, he was offering as a burnt offering to the Lord the best of the spoils that he had brought from the Amalekites.”

[23:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “to search.”

[30:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”