1 Samuel 2:17

2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they ¹  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, ²  Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.

1 Samuel 11:4

11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) ³  and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 16:10

16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. ⁵  But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”

1 Samuel 17:17-18

17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly ⁶  to the camp to your brothers. 17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ⁷  Find out how your brothers are doing ⁸  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 18:26

18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed ¹⁰  to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 19:7

19:7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly. ¹² 

1 Samuel 20:40

20:40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”

1 Samuel 23:2

23:2 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 24:7

24:7 David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down ¹³  the road.

1 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 25:9

25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

1 Samuel 25:12

25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David ¹⁵  all these things.

1 Samuel 25:15

25:15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together ¹⁶  in the field.

1 Samuel 25:37

25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, ¹⁷  his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. ¹⁸ 

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¹ tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.

² map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.

³ tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”

⁴ tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”

⁵ tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.

⁶ tn Heb “run.”

⁷ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

⁸ tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

⁹ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”

¹² tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”

¹³ tn Heb “went on.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “lifted his voice and wept.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “and his heart died within him and he became a stone.” Cf. TEV, NLT “stroke”; CEV “heart attack.” For an alternative interpretation than that presented above, see Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle, “The Law of the Heart: The Death of a Fool (1 Samuel 25),” JBL 120 (2001): 401-27, who argues that a medical diagnosis is not necessary here. Instead, the passage makes a connection between the heart and the law; Nabal dies for his lawlessness.