1 Samuel 2:13

2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way:¹ Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork² in his hand.

1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people³ of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked⁴ both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 5:9-10

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked⁵ that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city⁶ with sores.⁷ 5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here⁸ to kill our⁹ people!”

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people¹⁰ of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 7:6

7:6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed¹¹ there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led¹² the people of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 8:7

8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you.¹³ For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.

1 Samuel 9:2

9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

1 Samuel 9:22

9:22 Then Samuel brought¹⁴ Saul and his servant into the room and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. There were about thirty people present.

1 Samuel 10:11

10:11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, “What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”

1 Samuel 11:5

11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the¹⁵ oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about¹⁶ the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:11

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them¹⁷ down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

1 Samuel 11:15

11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, where¹⁸ they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.

1 Samuel 12:19-20

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.”¹⁹

12:20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned.²⁰ However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message,²¹ “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive²² to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join²³ Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:30

15:30 Saul²⁴ again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”

1 Samuel 31:9

31:9 They cut off Saul’s²⁵ head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

¹tn Heb “the habit of the priests with the people [was this].”

²sn 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.

³tn Heb “men.”

⁴tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

⁵tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

⁶tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

⁷tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

⁸tn Heb “to me.”

⁹tn Heb “my.”

¹⁰tn Heb “men.”

¹¹tn Heb “said.”

¹²tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

¹³tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”

¹⁴tn Heb “took and brought.”

¹⁵tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

¹⁶tn Heb “the matters of.”

¹⁷tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.

¹⁸tn Heb “and there in Gilgal.”

¹⁹tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

²⁰tn Heb “you have done all this evil.”

²¹tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

²²tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

²³tn Heb “were summoned after.”

²⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁵tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).