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 9:5
9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”
1 Samuel 9:9-10
9:9 (Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, “Come on, let’s go to the seer.” For today’s prophet used to be called a seer.)
9:10 So Saul said to his servant, “That’s a good idea! 2 Come on. Let’s go.” So they went to the town where the man of God was.
1 Samuel 11:2
11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”
1 Samuel 19:3
19:3 I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, 3 I will let you know.”
1 Samuel 20:6
20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go 4 to his city Bethlehem, 5 for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’
1 Samuel 22:3
22:3 Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and mother stay 6 with you until I know what God is going to do for me.”
1 Samuel 25:24
25:24 Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
1 Samuel 26:8
26:8 Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear 7 right through him into the ground with one swift jab! 8 A second jab won’t be necessary!”
1 Samuel 26:11
26:11 But may the Lord prevent me from extending my hand against the Lord’s chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul’s head and the jug of water, and let’s get out of here!”
1 Samuel 27:5
27:5 David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”
1 Samuel 28:22
28:22 Now it’s your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way.”
1 Samuel 30:24
30:24 Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”
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 “your word is good.”
3 tn Heb “when I see.”
4 tn Heb “to run.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
6 tn Heb “go forth.”
7 tn Here “the spear” almost certainly refers to Saul’s own spear, which according to the previous verse was stuck into the ground beside him as he slept. This is reflected in a number of English versions: TEV, CEV “his own spear”; NLT “that spear.” Cf. NIV, NCV “my spear,” in which case Abishai refers to his own spear rather than Saul’s, but this is unlikely since (1) Abishai would probably not have carried a spear along since such a weapon would be unwieldy when sneaking into the enemy camp; and (2) this would not explain the mention of Saul’s own spear stuck in the ground beside him in the previous verse.
8 tn Heb “let me strike him with the spear and into the ground one time.”