1 Samuel 24:14

24:14 Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea?

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ¹  David and his men in the region of ²  the rocks of the mountain goats. ³ 

1 Samuel 3:8

3:8 Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 9:8

9:8 The servant went on to answer Saul, “Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel ⁴  of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Jesse presented ⁶  Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 16:2

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you ⁷  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 8:13

8:13 He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers.

[24:2]  ¹ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ² tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ³ tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

[9:8]  ⁴ sn A quarter shekel of silver would weigh about a tenth of an ounce (about 3 grams).

[9:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “our way.”

[16:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “caused to pass by.”

[16:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “in your hand.”