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 28:25

28:25 She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ²  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ³ 

1 Samuel 19:1

Saul Repeatedly Attempts to Take David’s Life

19:1 Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul’s son Jonathan liked David very much. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 21:14

21:14 Achish said to his servants, “Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me?

1 Samuel 28:23

28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ⁵  him to eat, so he gave in. ⁶  He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

1 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Then Saul instructed his servants, “Tell David secretly, ‘The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king’s son-in-law.”

1 Samuel 22:6

Saul Executes the Priests

22:6 But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. ⁷  Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him.

1 Samuel 28:7

28:7 So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ⁸  so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

[16:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[18:26]  ² tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

[18:26]  ³ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

[19:1]  ³ tn Heb “delighted greatly in David.”

[28:23]  ⁴ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).

[28:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”

[22:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Saul heard that David and the men who were with him were known.”

[28:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.