1 Samuel 2:21
2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. 1
1 Samuel 9:22
9:22 Then Samuel brought 2 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 13:13
13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed 3 the commandment that the Lord your God gave 4 you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!
1 Samuel 18:4
18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.
1 Samuel 28:23
28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged 5 him to eat, so he gave in. 6 He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
1 Samuel 30:12
30:12 They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, 7 for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights.
1 tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”
2 tn Heb “took and brought.”
3 tn Or “kept.”
4 tn Heb “commanded.”
5 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).
6 tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”
7 tn Heb “his spirit returned to him.”