1 Samuel 1:9

1:9 On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up.¹ (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair² by the doorpost of the Lord’s temple.)

1 Samuel 2:13

2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way:³ Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork⁴ in his hand.

1 Samuel 2:35

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 dynasty⁵ and he will serve my chosen one for all time.⁶

1 Samuel 21:1

21:1 (21:2) David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met⁷ David, and said to him, “Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?”

1 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The priest replied to David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers⁸ have abstained from sexual relations with women.”⁹

1 Samuel 22:11

22:11 Then the king arranged for a meeting with the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all the priests of his father’s house who were at Nob. They all came to the king.

¹tc The LXX adds “and stood before the Lord,” but this is probably a textual expansion due to the terseness of the statement in the Hebrew text.

²tn Or perhaps, “on his throne.” See Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

³tn Heb “the habit of the priests with the people [was this].”

⁴sn The Hebrew word occurs only twice in the OT, here and again in v. 14. Its exact meaning is not entirely clear, although from the context it appears to be a sacrificial tool used for retrieving things from boiling water.

⁵tn Heb “house.”

⁶tn Heb “and he will walk about before my anointed one all the days.”

⁷tn Heb “trembled to meet.”

⁸tn Heb “servants.”

⁹tn Heb “have kept themselves from women” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “haven’t had sexual relations recently”; NLT “have not slept with any women recently.”