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 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, ¹  Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 4:12

Eli Dies

4:12 On that day ²  a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head.

1 Samuel 12:18

12:18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.

1 Samuel 14:37

14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.

1 Samuel 17:10

17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight ³  each other!”

1 Samuel 20:26

20:26 However, Saul said nothing about it ⁴  that day, for he thought, ⁵  “Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean.”

1 Samuel 25:16

25:16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

1 Samuel 25:32-33

25:32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praised ⁶  be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! 25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ⁷  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

1 Samuel 26:24

26:24 In the same way that I valued your life this day, ⁸  may the Lord value my life ⁹  and deliver me from all danger.”

1 Samuel 30:1

David Defeats the Amalekites

30:1 On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it. ¹⁰ 

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 ¹¹  on Mount Gilboa.

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¹ tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

² tn Or perhaps, “the same day.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.f.

³ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.

⁴ tn The words “about it” are not present in the Hebrew text, although they are implied.

⁵ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself.

⁶ tn Heb “blessed” (also in vv. 33, 39).

⁷ tn Heb “blessed.”

⁸ tn Heb “your life was great this day in my eyes.”

⁹ tn Heb “may my life be great in the eyes of the Lord.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”

¹¹ tn Heb “fallen.”