1 Samuel 15:14

15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, ¹  then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

1 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

1 Samuel 25:22

25:22 God will severely punish David, ²  if I leave alive until morning even one male ³  from all those who belong to him!”

1 Samuel 11:5

11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the ⁴  oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about ⁵  the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:11

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them ⁶  down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ⁷  them until the break of day. ⁸  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁹  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ¹⁰  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 25:36

25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time ¹¹  and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing ¹²  until morning’s light.

[15:14]  ¹ tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[25:22]  ² tc Heb “Thus God will do to the enemies of David and thus he will add.” Most of the Old Greek ms tradition has simply “David,” with no reference to his enemies. In OT imprecations such as the one found in v. 22 it is common for the speaker to direct malediction toward himself as an indication of the seriousness with which he regards the matter at hand. In other words, the speaker invites on himself dire consequences if he fails to fulfill the matter expressed in the oath. However, in the situation alluded to in v. 22 the threat actually does not come to fruition due to the effectiveness of Abigail’s appeal to David in behalf of her husband Nabal. Instead, David is placated through Abigail’s intervention. It therefore seems likely that the reference to “the enemies of David” in the MT of v. 22 is the result of a scribal attempt to deliver David from the implied consequences of this oath. The present translation follows the LXX rather than the MT here.

[25:22]  ³ tn Heb “one who urinates against a wall” (also in v. 34); KJV “any that pisseth against the wall.”

[11:5]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

[11:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “the matters of.”

[11:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.

[14:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁸ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[25:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”

[25:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”