But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, ¹  my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. ²  I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to ³  the Lord.

Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ¹  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ²  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ¹  crying out to the Lord our ²  God so that he may save us ³  from the hand of the Philistines!”

In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

This ought not to be, ¹  my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!” ¹ 

The woman replied, “Who is it that I should bring up for you?” He said, “Bring up for me Samuel.”

Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely ¹  where he is ²  and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ¹  and he will make ²  you a leader over Israel.

So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ¹  that you will not kill ²  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, ¹  and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. ²  They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised ³  and worthless.

Now David had been thinking, ¹  “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

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.”

Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost ¹  that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted ²  all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”

Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ¹ 

Now let this present ¹  that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow ²  my lord.

Samuel said, “Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy?