1 Samuel 15:20

15:20 Then Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed ¹  the Lord! I went on the campaign ²  the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded ³  and what you said as well. ⁴  For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ⁷  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ⁸  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁹  Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met ¹⁰  David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 22:8

22:8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me ¹¹  when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ¹²  gathered around ¹³  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. ¹⁴  (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair ¹⁵  by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

1 Samuel 1:2

1:2 He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless.

1 Samuel 16:10

16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. ¹⁶  But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

1 Samuel 24:20-22

24:20 Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. 24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ¹⁷  that you will not kill ¹⁸  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

24:22 David promised Saul this on oath. ¹⁹  Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ²⁰  David and his men in the region of ²¹  the rocks of the mountain goats. ²² 

1 Samuel 25:16

25:16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

Matthew 14:3-5

14:3 For Herod had arrested John, bound him, ²³  and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, 14:4 because John had repeatedly told ²⁴  him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” ²⁵  14:5 Although ²⁶  Herod ²⁷  wanted to kill John, ²⁸  he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet.

Matthew 14:10

14:10 So ²⁹  he sent and had John beheaded in the prison.

[15:20]  ¹ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:20]  ² tn Heb “journey.”

[15:24]  ³ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[15:24]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your words.”

[15:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I listened to their voice.”

[15:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

[13:4]  ⁷ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ⁸ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ⁹ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

[21:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “trembled to meet.”

[22:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “uncovers my ear.”

[22:2]  ¹² tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

[22:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “to.”

[1:9]  ¹⁴ tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

[1:9]  ¹⁵ tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

[16:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.

[24:21]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “cut off.”

[24:22]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and David swore an oath to Saul.”

[24:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ²² tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

[14:3]  ²³ tc ‡ Most witnesses (א² C D L W Z Θ 0106 Ë^1,13 33 Ï lat) read αὐτόν (auton, “him”) here as a way of clarifying the direct object; various important witnesses lack the word, however (א* B 700 pc ff¹ h q). The original wording most likely lacked it, but it has been included here due to English style. NA²⁷ includes the word in brackets, indicating reservations about its authenticity.

[14:4]  ²⁴ tn The imperfect tense verb is here rendered with an iterative force.

[14:4]  ²⁵ sn This marriage of Herod to his brother Philip’s wife was a violation of OT law (Lev 18:16; 20:21). In addition, both Herod Antipas and Herodias had each left marriages to enter into this union.

[14:5]  ²⁶ tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated.

[14:5]  ²⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Herod) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:5]  ²⁸ tn Grk “him” (also in the following phrase, Grk “accepted him”); in both cases the referent (John) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[14:10]  ²⁹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of previous action(s) in the narrative.