1 Samuel 1:3
1:3 Year after year 1 this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord’s priests.
1 Samuel 2:14
2:14 He would jab it into the basin, kettle, caldron, or pot, and everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all the Israelites 2 when they came there to Shiloh.
1 Samuel 5:11
5:11 So they assembled 3 all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us 4 and our 5 people!” The terror 6 of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. 7
1 Samuel 6:14
6:14 The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.
1 Samuel 9:4
9:4 So Saul 8 crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
1 Samuel 10:3
10:3 “As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel 9 will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine.
1 Samuel 10:5
10:5 Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. 10 When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.
1 Samuel 14:34
14:34 Then Saul said, “Scatter out among the army and say to them, ‘Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don’t sin against the Lord by eating the blood.” So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there. 11
1 Samuel 16:11
16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse 12 replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”
1 Samuel 18:17
18:17 13 Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior 14 for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 18:25
18:25 Saul replied, “Here is what you should say to David: ‘There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his 15 enemies.’” (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.)
1 Samuel 20:3
20:3 Taking an oath, David again 16 said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact 17 that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, 18 ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”
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; 19 get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.
1 Samuel 20:29
20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, 20 for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged 21 me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go 22 to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
1 Samuel 26:12
26:12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.
1 Samuel 27:1
David Aligns Himself with the Philistines
27:1 David thought to himself, 23 “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”
1 tn Heb “from days to days.”
2 tn Heb “to all Israel.”
3 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”
4 tn Heb “me.”
5 tn Heb “my.”
6 tn Or “panic.”
7 tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”
8 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
10 tn Or “sentries.” Some translate “outpost” (NIV) or “garrison” (NAB, NRSV, NLT) here (see 1 Sam 13:3). The noun is plural in the Hebrew text, but the LXX and other ancient witnesses read a singular noun here.
11 tn Heb “and all the army brought near, each his ox by his hand, and they slaughtered there.”
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.
13 tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.
14 tn Heb “son of valor.”
15 tn Heb “the king’s.”
16 tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”
17 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
18 tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.
19 tn Heb “from you and here.”
20 tn Heb “send me.”
21 tn Heb “commanded.”
22 tn Heb “be released [from duty].”
23 tn Heb “said to his heart.”