1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ¹  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 2:32

2:32 You will see trouble in my dwelling place! ²  Israel will experience blessings, ³  but there will not be an old man in your ⁴  house for all time. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 20:13

20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know ⁷  and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. ⁸  May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

1 Samuel 25:31

25:31 Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt ⁹  for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, ¹⁰  please remember your servant.”

1 Samuel 24:4

24:4 David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the Lord said to you, ‘I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.’” ¹¹  So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

[16:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[2:32]  ² tn Heb “you will see [the] trouble of [the] dwelling place.” Since God’s dwelling place/sanctuary is in view, the pronoun is supplied in the translation (see v. 29).

[2:32]  ³ tn Heb “in all which he does good with Israel.”

[2:32]  ⁴ tc The LXX and a Qumran manuscript have the first person pronoun “my” here.

[2:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days.”

[18:5]  ³ tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”

[20:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “uncover your ear.”

[20:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “in peace.”

[25:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “and this will not be for you for staggering and for stumbling of the heart of my lord.”

[25:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the Lord will do well for my lord.”

[24:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “is good in your eyes.”