1 Samuel 5:2

5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.

1 Samuel 5:6

5:6 The Lord attacked ¹  the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of ²  both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. ³ 

1 Samuel 12:6

12:6 Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors ⁴  up from the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:24

12:24 However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!

1 Samuel 15:18

15:18 The Lord sent you on a campaign ⁵  saying, ‘Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you ⁶  have destroyed them.’

1 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded ⁷  and what you said as well. ⁸  For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 17:18

17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ¹⁰  Find out how your brothers are doing ¹¹  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ¹² 

1 Samuel 19:15

19:15 Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, “Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him.”

1 Samuel 25:11

25:11 Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don’t even know where they came from!”

1 Samuel 31:8-9

31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead ¹³  on Mount Gilboa. 31:9 They cut off Saul’s ¹⁴  head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

[5:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was heavy upon.”

[5:6]  ² tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:6]  ³ tc The LXX and Vulgate add the following: “And mice multiplied in their land, and the terror of death was throughout the entire city.”

[12:6]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

[15:18]  ¹ tn Heb “journey.”

[15:18]  ² tc The translation follows the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum in reading the second person singular suffix (“you”) rather than the third person plural suffix of the MT (“they”).

[15:24]  ¹ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.”

[15:24]  ² tn Heb “and your words.”

[15:24]  ³ tn Heb “and I listened to their voice.”

[17:18]  ¹ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ² tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ³ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

[31:8]  ¹ tn Heb “fallen.”

[31:9]  ¹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).