1 Samuel 1:22

1:22 but Hannah did not go up with them. ¹  Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”

1 Samuel 2:35-36

2:35 Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty ²  and he will serve my chosen one for all time. ³  2:36 Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money ⁴  and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, ‘Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.’”

1 Samuel 5:10

5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here ⁵  to kill our ⁶  people!”

1 Samuel 6:19

6:19 But the Lord ⁷  struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; he struck down 50,070 ⁸  of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow.

1 Samuel 10:14

10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul ⁹  replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, ¹⁰  we went to Samuel.”

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ¹¹  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ¹²  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 14:13

14:13 Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, ¹³  while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:22

15:22 Then Samuel said,

“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as he does in obedience? ¹⁵ 

Certainly, ¹⁶  obedience ¹⁷  is better than sacrifice;

paying attention is better than ¹⁸  the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 18:23

18:23 So Saul’s servants spoke these words privately ¹⁹  to David. David replied, “Is becoming the king’s son-in-law something insignificant to you? I’m just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!”

1 Samuel 20:21

20:21 When I send a boy after them, I will say, “Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; ²⁰  get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.

1 Samuel 23:13

23:13 So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. ²¹  When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

1 Samuel 25:3

25:3 The man’s name was Nabal, ²²  and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise ²³  and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.

1 Samuel 26:25

26:25 Saul replied to David, “May you be rewarded, ²⁴  my son David! You will without question be successful!” ²⁵  So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ²⁶  the mediums and magicians ²⁷  from the land! Why are you trapping me ²⁸  so you can put me to death?”

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¹ tn The disjunctive clause is contrastive here. The words “with them” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “and he will walk about before my anointed one all the days.”

⁴ tn Heb “a piece of silver” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Heb “to me.”

⁶ tn Heb “my.”

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

⁸ tc The number 50,070 is surprisingly large, although it finds almost unanimous textual support in the MT and in the ancient versions. Only a few medieval Hebrew mss lack “50,000,” reading simply “70” instead. However, there does not seem to be sufficient external evidence to warrant reading 70 rather than 50,070, although that is done by a number of recent translations (e.g., NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT). The present translation (reluctantly) follows the MT and the ancient versions here.

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”

¹¹ tn Or “kept.”

¹² tn Heb “commanded.”

¹³ tn Heb “and they fell before Jonathan.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and the one carrying his equipment was killing after him.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “as [in] listening to the voice of the Lord.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “look.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “listening.”

¹⁸ tn The expression “is better” is understood here by ellipsis (see the immediately preceding statement).

¹⁹ tn Heb “in the ears of.”

²⁰ tn Heb “from you and here.”

²¹ tn Heb “they went where they went.”

²² sn The name נָבָל (Nabal) means “foolish” or “senseless” in Hebrew, and as an adjective the word is used especially of persons who have no perception of ethical or religious claims. It is an apt name for this character, who certainly typifies such behavior.

²³ tn Heb “good of insight”; KJV “of good understanding”; NAB, NIV, TEV “intelligent”; NRSV “clever.”

²⁴ tn Heb “blessed.”

²⁵ tn Heb “you will certainly do and also you will certainly be able.” The infinitive absolutes placed before the finite verbal forms lend emphasis to the statement.

²⁶ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

²⁷ tn See the note at v. 3.

²⁸ tn Heb “my life.”