3:10 Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, “Samuel! Samuel!” Samuel replied, “Speak, for your servant is listening!”
15:10 Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel:
16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. 2 But Samuel 3 said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”
15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where 4 he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left 5 and went down to Gilgal.” 6
3:15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.
8:6 But this request displeased Samuel, for 7 they said, “Give us a king to lead us.” So Samuel prayed to the Lord.
12:18 So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel.
2:18 Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
8:1 In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.
8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. 11
10:17 Then Samuel called the people together before the Lord at Mizpah.
15:27 When Samuel turned to leave, Saul 14 grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore.
15:34 Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.
1 tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).
2 tn Heb “and caused him to pass before.”
3 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 9); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “and look.”
5 tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”
6 tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin
7 tn Heb “when.”
8 tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.
9 tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”
10 tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.
11 tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the
12 tn Heb “uncovered the ear of.”
13 tc In the LXX and Vulgate the pronoun “you” is singular, referring specifically to Saul. In the MT it is plural, including Saul’s servant as well.
14 tn Heb “he,” but Saul is clearly the referent. A Qumran
15 tn Heb “caused to pass by.”