1 Samuel 2:16

2:16 If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No! ¹  Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”

1 Samuel 2:36

2:36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money ²  and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, ‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”

1 Samuel 4:18-19

4:18 When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli ³  fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he ⁴  was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

4:19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

1 Samuel 5:8

5:8 So they assembled ⁵  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ⁶  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ⁷  and our ⁸  people!” The terror ⁹  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 9:4

9:4 So Saul ¹¹  crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

1 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. ¹²  When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

1 Samuel 12:3

12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. ¹³  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, ¹⁴  and I will return it to you!”

1 Samuel 12:17

12:17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”

1 Samuel 14:27

14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, ¹⁵  his eyes gleamed. ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 14:45

14:45 But the army said to Saul, “Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death. ¹⁷ 

1 Samuel 15:6

15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away ¹⁸  with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

1 Samuel 17:25-26

17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so ¹⁹  to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? ²⁰  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 20:12

20:12 Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness. ²¹  I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know? ²² 

1 Samuel 22:8

22:8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me ²³  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 22:15

22:15 Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse ²⁴  his servant or any of my father’s house. For your servant is not aware of all this – not in whole or in part!” ²⁵ 

[2:16]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the Kethib and MT, which read “to him.”

[2:36]  ² tn Heb “a piece of silver” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[4:18]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “the man.”

[5:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁸ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[9:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:5]  ⁷ tn Or “sentries.” Some translate “outpost” (NIV) or “garrison” (NAB, NRSV, NLT) here (see 1 Sam 13:3). The noun is plural in the Hebrew text, but the LXX and other ancient witnesses read a singular noun here.

[12:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “anointed [one].”

[12:3]  ⁹ tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”

[14:27]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading “gleamed,” rather than the Kethib, “saw.”

[14:45]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and he did not die.”

[15:6]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esfÿka, “I sweep you away,” from the root ספה [sfh]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (’osifÿka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אסף[’sf]).

[17:25]  ¹² tn Heb “he is coming up.”

[17:26]  ¹³ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

[20:12]  ¹⁴ tc The Hebrew text has simply “the Lord God of Israel.” On the basis of the Syriac version, many reconstruct the text to read “[is] my witness,” which may have fallen out of the text by homoioarcton (an error which is entirely possible if עֵד, ’ed, “witness,” immediately followed ַָדוִד, “David,” in the original text).

[20:12]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”

[22:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “uncovers my ear.”

[22:15]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “set a matter against.”

[22:15]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “small or great.”