1 Samuel 4:13

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ¹  the road, for he was very worried ²  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ³  the whole city cried out.

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ⁴  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁵  with sores. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ⁷  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 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ⁸  for himself a man who is loyal to him ⁹  and the Lord has appointed ¹⁰  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ¹¹  sword, drew it from its sheath, ¹²  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

[4:13]  ¹ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

[4:13]  ² tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

[4:13]  ³ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”

[5:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

[5:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

[5:9]  ⁶ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

[8:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”

[13:14]  ¹⁰ tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

[13:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

[13:14]  ¹² tn Heb “commanded.”

[17:51]  ¹³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:51]  ¹⁴ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”