1 Samuel 2:15

2:15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest’s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, “Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t take boiled meat from you, but only raw.”¹

1 Samuel 4:19

4:19 His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate² him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out³ for himself a man who is loyal to him⁴ and the Lord has appointed⁵ him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

1 Samuel 14:6

14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene⁶ for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”

1 Samuel 16:1

Samuel Anoints David as King

16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel.⁷ Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem,⁸ for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.”⁹

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it.¹⁰ After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp¹¹ as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 17:39

17:39 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them.¹² David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.

1 Samuel 30:15-16

30:15 David said to him, “Can you take us down to this raiding party?” He said, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party.”

30:16 So he took David¹³ down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot¹⁴ they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

¹tn Heb “living.”

²tn Heb “anoint.”

³tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

⁴tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

⁵tn Heb “commanded.”

⁶tn Heb “act.”

⁷tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”

⁸map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁹tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”

¹⁰tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

¹¹tn Or “entrenchment.”

¹²tn Heb “he had not tested.”

¹³tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”