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 4:20

4:20 As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, “Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention. ¹ 

1 Samuel 6:8

6:8 Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ²  from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

1 Samuel 8:11

8:11 He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

1 Samuel 9:21

9:21 Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel’s tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?”

1 Samuel 9:26

9:26 They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up and the two of them – he and Samuel – went outside.

1 Samuel 10:14

10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul ³  replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, ⁴  we went to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 14:43

14:43 So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” Jonathan told him, “I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 17:9

17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”

1 Samuel 17:37

17:37 David went on to say, “The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!” Then Saul said to David, “Go! The Lord will be with you.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 22:18

22:18 Then the king said to Doeg, “You turn and strike down the priests!” So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five ⁷  men who wore the linen ephod.

1 Samuel 25:31

25:31 Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt ⁸  for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, ⁹  please remember your servant.”

1 Samuel 26:6

26:6 David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied, “I will go down with you.”

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ¹⁰  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

[4:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and she did not set her heart.”

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”

[14:43]  ¹ tn Heb “Look, I, I will die.” Apparently Jonathan is acquiescing to his anticipated fate of death. However, the words may be taken as sarcastic (“Here I am about to die!”) or as a question, “Must I now die?” (cf. NAB, NIV, NCV, NLT).

[17:37]  ¹ tn Or “Go, and may the Lord be with you” (so NASB, NCV, NRSV).

[22:18]  ¹ tc The number is confused in the Greek ms tradition. The LXX, with the exception of the Lucianic recension, has the number 305. The Lucianic recension, along with a couple of Old Latin mss, has the number 350.

[25:31]  ¹ tn Heb “and this will not be for you for staggering and for stumbling of the heart of my lord.”

[25:31]  ² tn Heb “and the Lord will do well for my lord.”

[29:9]  ¹ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”