1:19 They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with 1 his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered 2 her.
11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them 3 down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.
15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where 4 he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left 5 and went down to Gilgal.” 6
19:11 Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself 7 tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time 8 and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing 9 until morning’s light.
1 tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.
2 sn The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.
3 tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.
4 tn Heb “and look.”
5 tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”
6 tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin
7 tn Heb “your life.”
8 tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”
9 tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”