1 Samuel 31:8

31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead ¹  on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 31:2

31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels ²  of Saul and his sons. They ³  struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

1 Samuel 3:1-2

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ⁴  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

3:2 Eli’s eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place,

1 Samuel 20:25

20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him ⁵  and Abner at his side. ⁶  But David’s place was vacant.

[31:8]  ¹ tn Heb “fallen.”

[31:2]  ² tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[31:2]  ³ tn Heb “the Philistines.”

[3:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “before Eli.”

[20:25]  ⁵ tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.

[20:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”