1 Samuel 4:4

4:4 So the army ¹  sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Samuel 6:18

6:18 The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, ²  where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 9:4

9:4 So Saul ³  crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; ⁴  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ⁵  He sent all the rest of the people back home. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 16:11

16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse ⁷  replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”

1 Samuel 17:25

17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so ⁸  to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

1 Samuel 18:17

18:17 ⁹ Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior ¹⁰  for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 18:27

18:27 when David, along with his men, went out ¹²  and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ¹³  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ¹⁴  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ¹⁵  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 21:5

21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ ¹⁶  equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”

1 Samuel 26:5

26:5 So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him.

1 Samuel 26:16

26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! ¹⁷  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ¹⁸  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

[4:4]  ¹ tn Or “people.”

[6:18]  ² tc A few Hebrew mss and the LXX read “villages; the large rock…[is witness] until this very day.”

[9:4]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:2]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[13:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

[16:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.

[17:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “he is coming up.”

[18:17]  ⁷ tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

[18:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “son of valor.”

[18:21]  ⁸ tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.

[18:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “arose and went.”

[20:3]  ¹⁰ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ¹¹ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ¹² tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[21:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “servants’.”

[26:16]  ¹² tn Heb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”

[26:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “you are sons of death.”