1 Samuel 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, ¹  Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 10:7

10:7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. ² 

1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul ³  turned ⁴  to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. ⁵  All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 14:10

14:10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”

[2:34]  ¹ tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

[10:7]  ² sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied.

[10:9]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

[10:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”