1 Samuel 2:9

2:9 He watches over ¹  his holy ones, ² 

but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,

for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.

1 Samuel 8:9

8:9 So now do as they say. ³  But seriously warn ⁴  them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 8:19

8:19 But the people refused to heed Samuel’s warning. ⁶  Instead they said, “No! There will be a king over us!

1 Samuel 9:17

9:17 When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, ⁷  “Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people.”

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 23:12

23:12 David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The Lord said, “They will deliver you over.”

1 Samuel 24:12

24:12 May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.

1 Samuel 25:30

25:30 The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ⁹  and he will make ¹⁰  you a leader over Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.

² tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the plural (“his holy ones”) rather than the singular (“his holy one”) of the Kethib.

³ tn Heb “and now, listen to their voice.”

⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the imperative for emphasis.

⁵ tn Heb “and tell them the manner of the king who will rule over them.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel.”

⁷ tn Heb “responded.”

⁸ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

⁹ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “appoint.”