1 Samuel 3:12

3:12 On that day I will carry out¹ against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish!

1 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled.²

1 Samuel 4:15

4:15 Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead;³ he was unable to see.

1 Samuel 10:9

Saul Becomes King

10:9 As Saul⁴ turned⁵ to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person.⁶ All these signs happened on that very day.

1 Samuel 10:26

10:26 Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched.

1 Samuel 16:6

16:6 When they arrived, Samuel⁷ noticed⁸ Eliab and said to himself,⁹ “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!”¹⁰

1 Samuel 16:17

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find¹¹ me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

1 Samuel 16:21

16:21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal,¹² and he became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 17:15

17:15 David was going back and forth¹³ from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

1 Samuel 17:24

17:24 When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated¹⁴ from his presence and were very afraid.

1 Samuel 18:2-3

18:2 Saul retained David¹⁵ on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house. 18:3 Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life.¹⁶

1 Samuel 20:24

20:24 So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

1 Samuel 20:32

20:32 Jonathan responded to his father Saul, “Why should he be put to death? What has he done?”

1 Samuel 22:20

22:20 But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar.

1 Samuel 25:44

25:44 (Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David’s wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.)

1 Samuel 27:2

27:2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

1 Samuel 28:25

28:25 She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.

¹tn Or “fulfill.”

²tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”

³tn Heb “were set” or “were fixed,” i.e., without vision.

⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “turned his shoulder.”

⁶tn Heb “God turned for him another heart”; NAB, NRSV “gave him another heart”; NIV, NCV “changed Saul’s heart”; TEV “gave Saul a new nature”; CEV “made Saul feel like a different person.”

⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸tn Heb “saw.”

⁹tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

¹⁰tn Heb “his anointed one.”

¹¹tn Heb “see.”

¹²tn Heb “he loved him.”

¹³tn Heb “was going and returning.”

¹⁴tn Or “fled.”

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

¹⁶tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”