1 Samuel 4:9

4:9 Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!”

1 Samuel 8:18

8:18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.” ¹ 

1 Samuel 9:23

9:23 Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

1 Samuel 10:6

10:6 Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

1 Samuel 11:10

11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ²  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ³ 

1 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ⁴  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 24:17-18

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent ⁶  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you! 24:18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

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¹ tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”

² tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.

³ tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

⁵ tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

⁶ tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”