1 Samuel 2:31

2:31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

1 Samuel 9:5

9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

1 Samuel 10:12

10:12 A man who was from there replied, “And who is their father?” Therefore this became a proverb: “Is even Saul among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 12:6-7

12:6 Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors ³  up from the land of Egypt. 12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you ⁴  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 12:15

12:15 But if you don’t obey ⁶  the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 14:28-29

14:28 Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath ⁸  saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.” 14:29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed ⁹  when I tasted just a little of this honey.

1 Samuel 17:34

17:34 David replied to Saul, “Your servant has been a shepherd for his father’s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

1 Samuel 18:18

18:18 David said to Saul, “Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father ¹⁰  in Israel that I should become the king’s son-in-law?”

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ¹¹  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ¹²  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 20:33

20:33 Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan ¹⁴  in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced ¹⁵  that his father had decided to kill David.

1 Samuel 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ¹⁶  learned about it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 24:21

24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ¹⁷  that you will not kill ¹⁸  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

[2:31]  ¹ tn Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.

[2:31]  ² tn Heb “arm.”

[12:6]  ³ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

[12:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

[12:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

[12:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[12:15]  ⁸ tc The LXX reads “your king” rather than the MT’s “your fathers.” The latter makes little sense here. Some follow MT, but translate “as it was against your fathers.” See P. K. McCarter, 1 Samuel (AB), 212.

[14:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath.

[14:29]  ¹¹ tc The LXX reads “saw.” See v. 27.

[18:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “Who are my relatives, the clan of my father?” The term חַי (khay), traditionally understood as “my life,” is here a rare word meaning “family, kinfolk” (see HALOT 309 s.v. III חַי). The phrase “clan of my father” may be a scribal gloss explaining the referent of this rare word.

[19:2]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “seeking.”

[19:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “stay in.”

[19:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

[20:33]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:33]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “knew.”

[22:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “house.”

[24:21]  ²¹ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ²² tn Heb “cut off.”