1 Samuel 8:11

8:11 He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

1 Samuel 9:17-18

9:17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, ¹  “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.” 9:18 As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, “Please tell me where the seer’s house is.”

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ²  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ³ 

1 Samuel 16:12

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ⁴  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

1 Samuel 21:15

21:15 Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?”

1 Samuel 26:17-18

26:17 When Saul recognized David’s voice, he said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” David replied, “Yes, it’s my voice, my lord the king.” 26:18 He went on to say, “Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? ⁵ 

1 Samuel 29:5

29:5 Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced, ⁶ 

‘Saul has struck down his thousands,

but David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 30:20

30:20 David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying, “This is David’s plunder!”

[9:17]  ¹ tn Heb “responded.”

[10:27]  ¹ tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ² tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

[16:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

[26:18]  ¹ tn Heb “What in my hand [is] evil?”

[29:5]  ¹ tn Heb “in dances.”