1 Samuel 9:25

9:25 When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof.

1 Samuel 13:9

13:9 So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.

1 Samuel 14:46

14:46 Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home. ¹ 

1 Samuel 14:51

14:51 Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son ²  of Abiel.

1 Samuel 15:5

15:5 Saul proceeded to the city ³  of Amalek, where he set an ambush ⁴  in the wadi. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 17:14

17:14 Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

1 Samuel 18:15

18:15 When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him.

1 Samuel 23:21

23:21 Saul replied, “May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me.

[14:46]  ¹ tn Heb “to their place.”

[14:51]  ¹ tn 1 Chr 9:35-36 indicates that Jeiel (= Abiel?) had two sons (among others) named Ner and Kish (see also 1 Sam 9:1 and 1 Chr 8:30, where some Greek manuscripts include the name Ner, though it is absent in the Hebrew text). If this Kish was the father of Saul and Ner was the father of Abner, then Saul and Abner were cousins. However, according to 1 Chr 8:33 and 9:39, Ner, not Abiel, was the father of Kish. In this case, Kish and Abner were brothers and Abner was Saul’s uncle. The simplest solution to the problem is to see two men named Kish in the genealogy: Abiel (Jeiel) was the father of Ner and Kish I. Ner was the father of Abner and Kish II. Kish II was the father of Saul. The Kish mentioned in 1 Sam 9:1 was the father of Saul (v.2) and must be identified as Kish II. In this case the genealogy is “gapped,” with Ner being omitted. Abiel was the grandfather of Kish II.

[15:5]  ¹ tc The LXX has the plural here, “cities.”

[15:5]  ² tc The translation follows the LXX and Vulgate which assume a reading וַיָּאָרֶב (vayya’arev, “and he set an ambush,” from the root ארב [’rv] with quiescence of alef) rather than the MT, which has וַיָּרֶב (vayyareb, “and he contended,” from the root ריב [ryv]).

[15:5]  ³ tn That is, “the dry stream bed.”