1 Samuel 2:16

2:16 If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No! ¹  Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”

1 Samuel 8:5

8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead ²  us, just like all the other nations have.”

1 Samuel 8:11

8:11 He said, “Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot.

1 Samuel 8:22

8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ³  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ⁴  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

1 Samuel 12:12

12:12 “When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, ‘No! A king will rule over us’ – even though the Lord your God is your king!

1 Samuel 12:14

12:14 If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him ⁵  and not rebelling against what he says, ⁶  and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 13:7

13:7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River ⁸  to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ⁹  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ¹⁰  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 14:1

14:1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, ¹¹  “Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.

1 Samuel 14:33

14:33 Now it was reported to Saul, “Look, the army is sinning against the Lord by eating even the blood.” He said, “All of you have broken the covenant! ¹²  Roll a large stone over here to me.”

1 Samuel 14:47

14:47 After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their ¹³  enemies on all sides – the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:17

15:17 Samuel said, “Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose ¹⁵  you as king over Israel.

1 Samuel 15:26

15:26 Samuel said to Saul, “I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel!”

1 Samuel 15:35

15:35 Until the day he ¹⁶  died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 17:50-51

17:50 ¹⁷ David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. ¹⁸  17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ¹⁹  sword, drew it from its sheath, ²⁰  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ²¹ 

1 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Then Michal took a household idol ²²  and put it on the bed. She put a quilt ²³  made of goat’s hair over its head ²⁴  and then covered the idol with a garment.

1 Samuel 23:17

23:17 He said to him, “Don’t be afraid! For the hand of my father Saul cannot find you. You will rule over Israel, and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul realizes this.”

1 Samuel 28:3

28:3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. ²⁵  In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums ²⁶  and magicians ²⁷  from the land.

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ²⁸  were thinking of stoning him; ²⁹  each man grieved bitterly ³⁰  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

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¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the Kethib and MT, which read “to him.”

² tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).

³ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”

⁴ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).

⁵ tn Heb “and you listen to his voice.”

⁶ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” So also in v. 15.

⁷ tn The words “all will be well” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Or “kept.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “commanded.”

¹¹ tn Or “the servant who was carrying his military equipment” (likewise in vv. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14).

¹² tn Heb “You have acted deceptively.” In this context the verb refers to violating an agreement, in this case the dietary and sacrificial regulations of the Mosaic law. The verb form is second masculine plural; apparently Saul here addresses those who are eating the animals.

¹³ tn Heb “his,” which could refer to Israel or to Saul.

¹⁴ tc The translation follows the LXX (“he was delivered”), rather than the MT, which reads, “he acted wickedly.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “anointed.”

¹⁶ tn That is, Samuel.

¹⁷ tc Most LXX mss lack v. 50.

¹⁸ tn Verse 50 is a summary statement; v. 51 gives a more detailed account of how David killed the Philistine.

¹⁹ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

²⁰ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”

²¹ tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”

²² tn Heb “teraphim” (also a second time in this verse and once in v. 16). These were statues that represented various deities. According to 2 Kgs 23:24 they were prohibited during the time of Josiah’s reform movement in the seventh century. The idol Michal placed under the covers was of sufficient size to give the mistaken impression that David lay in the bed, thus facilitating his escape.

²³ tn The exact meaning of the Hebrew word כָּבִיר (kavir) is uncertain; it is found in the Hebrew Bible only here and in v. 16. It probably refers to a quilt made of goat’s hair, perhaps used as a fly net while one slept. See HALOT 458 s.v. *כָּבִיר. Cf. KJV, TEV “pillow”; NLT “cushion”; NAB, NRSV “net.”

²⁴ tn Heb “at the place of its head.”

²⁵ tn Heb “in Ramah, even in his city.”

²⁶ tn The Hebrew term translated “mediums” actually refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits (see 2 Kgs 21:6). In v. 7 the witch of Endor is called the owner of a ritual pit. See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401. Here the term refers by metonymy to the owner of such a pit (see H. A. Hoffner, TDOT 1:133).

²⁷ sn See Isa 8:19 for another reference to magicians who attempted to conjure up underworld spirits.

²⁸ tn Heb “people.”

²⁹ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

³⁰ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”