1 Samuel 1:4

1:4 Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give meat portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters.

1 Samuel 2:24

2:24 This ought not to be, ¹  my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

1 Samuel 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, ²  Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 14:49

Members of Saul’s Family

14:49 The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua. ³  He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal.

1 Samuel 16:10

16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. ⁴  But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

1 Samuel 30:3

30:3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. ⁵  Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:19

30:19 There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. ⁶  David brought everything back.

1 Samuel 31:8

31:8 The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead ⁷  on Mount Gilboa.

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¹ tn Heb “no.”

² tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

³ sn The list differs from others. In 1 Sam 31:2 (= 1 Chr 10:2), Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua are listed as Saul’s sons, while 1 Chr 8:33 and 9:39 list Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

⁴ tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.

⁵ tn Heb “and David and his men came to the city, and look, it was burned with fire.”

⁶ tn Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they had taken for themselves.”

⁷ tn Heb “fallen.”