1 Samuel 12:3
12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. 1 Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, 2 and I will return it to you!”
1 Samuel 12:9
12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave 3 them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s 4 army, 5 and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.
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. 6
1 Samuel 18:17
18:17 7 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 8 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 18:21
18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” 9
1 Samuel 19:5
19:5 He risked his life 10 when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”
1 Samuel 22:13
22:13 Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave 11 him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes 12 me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!”
1 Samuel 24:6
24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, 13 by extending my hand against him. After all, 14 he is the Lord’s chosen one.” 15
1 Samuel 24:10-11
24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity 16 on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ 17
24:11 Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn’t kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning 18 evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life.
1 Samuel 28:15
28:15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”
1 tn Heb “anointed [one].”
2 tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
3 tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”
4 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.
5 tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”
6 tn Heb “and all the army brought near, each his ox by his hand, and they slaughtered there.”
7 tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.
8 tn Heb “son of valor.”
9 tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.
10 tn Heb “and he put his life into his hand.”
11 tn Heb “by giving.”
12 tn Heb “rises up against.”
13 tn Heb “anointed.”
14 tn Or “for.”
15 tn Heb “anointed.”
16 tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.
17 tn Heb “anointed.”
18 tn Heb “there is not in my hand.”