1 Samuel 9:3

9:3 The donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, ¹  so Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants with you and go ²  look for the donkeys.” ³ 

1 Samuel 9:17

9:17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, ⁴  “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

1 Samuel 14:37

14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 16:4

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ⁵  When he arrived in Bethlehem, ⁶  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ⁷  said, “Do you come in peace?”

1 Samuel 17:43

17:43 The Philistine said to David, “Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?” ⁸  Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

1 Samuel 20:37

20:37 When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to ⁹  the servant, “Isn’t the arrow further beyond you?”

1 Samuel 28:13

28:13 The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What have you seen?” The woman replied to Saul, “I have seen one like a god ¹⁰  coming up from the ground!”

[9:3]  ¹ tn Heb “became lost.”

[9:3]  ² tn Heb “and arise, go.”

[9:3]  ³ tc The Syriac Peshitta includes the following words: “So Saul arose and went out. He took with him one of the boys and went out to look for his father’s donkeys.”

[9:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “responded.”

[16:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “said.”

[16:4]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:4]  ⁹ tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).

[17:43]  ¹⁰ sn Sticks is a pejorative reference to David’s staff (v. 40); the same Hebrew word (מַקֵּל, maqqel) is used for both.

[20:37]  ¹³ tn Heb “called after” (also in v. 38).

[28:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “gods.” The modifying participle (translated “coming up”) is plural, suggesting that underworld spirits are the referent. But in the following verse Saul understands the plural word to refer to a singular being. The reference is to the spirit of Samuel.