10:9 As Saul 1 turned 2 to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. 3 All these signs happened on that very day.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”
3 tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”
4 tn Heb “go.”
5 tn Heb “and you must not do evil in the eyes of the leaders of the Philistines.”