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 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. ²  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ³ 

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ⁴  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁵  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 15:3

15:3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare ⁶  them. Put them to death – man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

1 Samuel 25:7

25:7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

1 Samuel 27:1

David Aligns Himself with the Philistines

27:1 David thought to himself, ⁷  “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”

[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.”

[9:6]  ² tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

[9:6]  ³ tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

[13:13]  ³ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”

[15:3]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “don’t take pity on” (cf. CEV).

[27:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “said to his heart.”