1 Samuel 4:14

4:14 When Eli heard the outcry, ¹  he said, “What is this commotion?” ²  The man quickly came and told Eli.

1 Samuel 15:4

15:4 So Saul assembled ³  the army ⁴  and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

1 Samuel 17:23

17:23 As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, ⁵  and David heard it.

1 Samuel 23:8

23:8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 23:25

23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. ⁷  But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.

1 Samuel 28:23

28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ⁸  him to eat, so he gave in. ⁹  He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

[4:14]  ¹ tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”

[4:14]  ² tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”

[15:4]  ³ tn Heb “caused the people to hear.”

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “people.”

[17:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to these words.”

[23:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.”

[23:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “to search.”

[28:23]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).

[28:23]  ¹² tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”