1 Samuel 2:24

2:24 This ought not to be, ¹  my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

1 Samuel 10:12

10:12 A man who was from there replied, “And who is their father?” Therefore this became a proverb: “Is even Saul among the prophets?”

1 Samuel 10:22-23

10:22 So they inquired again of the Lord, “Has the man arrived here yet?” The Lord said, “He has hidden himself among the equipment.” ² 

10:23 So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all.

1 Samuel 27:12

27:12 So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, ³  “He is really hated ⁴  among his own people in ⁵  Israel! From now on ⁶  he will be my servant.”

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¹ tn Heb “no.”

² tn Or “baggage” (so many English versions); KJV “stuff”; TEV “supplies.”

³ tn Heb “saying.”

⁴ tn Heb “he really stinks.” The expression is used figuratively here to describe the rejection and ostracism that David had experienced as a result of Saul’s hatred of him.

⁵ tc Many medieval Hebrew mss lack the preposition “in.”

⁶ tn Heb “permanently.”