1 Samuel 3:4

3:4 The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, “Here I am!”

1 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:

1 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

1 Samuel 7:9

7:9 So Samuel took a nursing lamb ¹  and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel’s behalf, and the Lord answered him.

1 Samuel 8:6

8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for ²  they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:22

8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ³  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

1 Samuel 12:18

12:18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

1 Samuel 13:8

13:8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ⁴  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 15:33

15:33 Samuel said, “Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord.

1 Samuel 16:10

16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. ⁶  But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

1 Samuel 7:15

7:15 So Samuel led ⁷  Israel all the days of his life.

1 Samuel 8:4

8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 10:17

10:17 Then Samuel called the people together before the Lord at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 15:27

15:27 When Samuel turned to leave, Saul ⁸  grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.

1 Samuel 15:31

15:31 So Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the Lord.

[7:9]  ¹ tn Heb “a lamb of milk”; NAB “an unweaned lamb”; NIV “a suckling lamb”; NCV “a baby lamb.”

[8:6]  ¹ tn Heb “when.”

[8:22]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”

[13:8]  ¹ tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.

[13:8]  ² tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”

[16:10]  ¹ tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.

[7:15]  ¹ tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).

[15:27]  ¹ tn Heb “he,” but Saul is clearly the referent. A Qumran ms and the LXX include the name “Saul” here.