1 Samuel 2:21

2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. ¹ 

1 Samuel 16:12

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ²  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ³  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 17:42

17:42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

1 Samuel 27:3

27:3 David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. ⁴  David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal’s widow.

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”

[16:12]  ² tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

[17:32]  ³ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[27:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man and his house.”