1 Samuel 1:17

1:17 Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

1 Samuel 1:27

1:27 I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him.

1 Samuel 3:7

3:7 Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him.

1 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled. ¹ 

1 Samuel 8:10

8:10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.

1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 16:8

16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. ²  But Samuel ³  said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”

1 Samuel 16:14-15

David Appears before Saul

16:14 Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit ⁴  from the Lord tormented him. 16:15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”

1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ⁵  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 16:22

16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 17:42

17:42 When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy.

1 Samuel 18:2-3

18:2 Saul retained David ⁷  on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house. 18:3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 18:20

18:20 Now Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it ⁹  pleased him.

1 Samuel 18:29

18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. ¹⁰  Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 20:18

20:18 Jonathan said to him, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty.

1 Samuel 23:6

David Eludes Saul Again

23:6 Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod. ¹² 

1 Samuel 23:9

23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, ¹³  he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!”

1 Samuel 23:16

23:16 Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him ¹⁴  through God.

1 Samuel 24:1

David Spares Saul’s Life

24:1 (24:2) When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, “Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi.”

1 Samuel 24:5

24:5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him ¹⁵  because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

1 Samuel 27:4

27:4 When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him.

1 Samuel 30:4

30:4 Then David and the men ¹⁶  who were with him wept loudly ¹⁷  until they could weep no more. ¹⁸ 

1 Samuel 31:5

31:5 When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him.

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¹ tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”

² tn Heb “and caused him to pass before.”

³ tn Heb “he” (also in v. 9); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “an injurious spirit”; cf. NLT “a tormenting spirit.” The phrase need not refer to an evil, demonic spirit. The Hebrew word translated “evil” may refer to the character of the spirit or to its effect upon Saul. If the latter, another translation option might be “a mischief-making spirit.”

⁵ tn Heb “see.”

⁶ tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

⁷ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

⁹ tn Heb “the matter.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX mss.

tn Heb “all the days.”

¹² tn Heb “an ephod went down in his hand.”

¹³ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “strengthened his hand.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “the heart of David struck him.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “people.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “lifted up their voice and wept.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “until there was no longer in them strength to weep.”