1 Samuel 2:23
2:23 He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these 1 people.
1 Samuel 12:21
12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. 2
1 Samuel 12:24
12:24 However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
1 Samuel 18:26
18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed 3 to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired 4
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. 5
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 25:12
25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David 6 all these things.
1 tc For “these” the LXX has “of the Lord” (κυρίου, kuriou), perhaps through the influence of the final phrase of v. 24 (“the people of the Lord”). Somewhat less likely is the view that the MT reading is due to a distorted dittography of the first word of v. 24. The Vulgate lacks the word.
2 tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”
3 tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”
4 tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”
5 tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.