1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ¹  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ²  with sores. ³ 

1 Samuel 10:11

10:11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, “What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”

1 Samuel 11:11

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them ⁴  down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

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; ⁵  the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. ⁶  He sent all the rest of the people back home. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 14:21

14:21 The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side ⁸  joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

1 Samuel 14:40

14:40 Then he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul, “Do whatever you think is best.”

1 Samuel 16:16

16:16 Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre ⁹  and you will feel better.” ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 16:23

16:23 So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. ¹¹ 

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.” ¹² 

1 Samuel 20:13

20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know ¹³  and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. ¹⁴  May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ¹⁵  gathered around ¹⁶  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 25:7

25:7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel.

[5:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

[5:9]  ³ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

[11:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.

[13:2]  ⁷ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[13:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[13:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “each one to his tents.”

[14:21]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and the Hebrews were to the Philistines formerly, who went up with them in the camp all around.”

[16:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he will play with his hand.”

[16:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and it will be better for you.”

[16:23]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “would turn aside from upon him.”

[18:21]  ¹⁹ tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.

[20:13]  ²² tn Heb “uncover your ear.”

[20:13]  ²³ tn Heb “in peace.”

[22:2]  ²⁵ tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

[22:2]  ²⁶ tn Heb “to.”