1 Samuel 4:16

4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli ¹  asked, “How did things go, my son?”

1 Samuel 7:11

7:11 Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

1 Samuel 9:5

9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

1 Samuel 13:15

13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal ²  to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ³  Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 14:11

14:11 When they ⁴  made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, “Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves.”

1 Samuel 17:50

17:50 ⁵ David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 28:13

28:13 The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What have you seen?” The woman replied to Saul, “I have seen one like a god ⁷  coming up from the ground!”

1 Samuel 1:1

Hannah Gives Birth to Samuel

1:1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, ⁸  from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.

1 Samuel 2:20

2:20 Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, “May the Lord raise up for you descendants ⁹  from this woman to replace the one that she ¹⁰  dedicated to the Lord.” Then they would go to their ¹¹  home.

1 Samuel 11:5

11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the ¹²  oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about ¹³  the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 17:40

17:40 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch ¹⁴  of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.

1 Samuel 24:8

24:8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ¹⁵  the mediums and magicians ¹⁶  from the land! Why are you trapping me ¹⁷  so you can put me to death?”

1 Samuel 30:19

30:19 There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. ¹⁸  David brought everything back.

[4:16]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:15]  ² tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss include the following words here: “on his way. And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the warring army. When they arrived from Gilgal….”

[13:15]  ³ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

[14:11]  ³ tn Heb “the two of them.”

[17:50]  ⁴ tc Most LXX mss lack v. 50.

[17:50]  ⁵ tn Verse 50 is a summary statement; v. 51 gives a more detailed account of how David killed the Philistine.

[28:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “gods.” The modifying participle (translated “coming up”) is plural, suggesting that underworld spirits are the referent. But in the following verse Saul understands the plural word to refer to a singular being. The reference is to the spirit of Samuel.

[1:1]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the MT. The LXX reads “a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite”; this is followed by a number of recent English translations. It is possible the MT reading צוֹפִים (tsofim) arose from dittography of the mem (מ) at the beginning of the following word.

[2:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “seed.”

[2:20]  ⁸ tn The MT has a masculine verb here, but in light of the context the reference must be to Hannah. It is possible that the text of the MT is incorrect here (cf. the ancient versions), in which case the text should be changed to read either a passive participle or better, the third feminine singular of the verb. If the MT is correct here, perhaps the masculine is to be understood in a nonspecific and impersonal way, allowing for a feminine antecedent. In any case, the syntax of the MT is unusual here.

[2:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “his.”

[11:5]  ⁸ tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

[11:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “the matters of.”

[17:40]  ⁹ tn This Hebrew word occurs only here and its exact meaning is not entirely clear. It refers to a receptacle of some sort and apparently was a common part of a shepherd’s equipment. Here it serves as a depository for the stones that David will use in his sling.

[28:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

[28:9]  ¹¹ tn See the note at v. 3.

[28:9]  ¹² tn Heb “my life.”

[30:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they had taken for themselves.”