1 Samuel 6:15
6:15 The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord.
1 Samuel 9:13
9:13 When you enter the town, you can find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people won’t eat until he arrives, for he must bless the sacrifice. Once that happens, those who have been invited will eat. Now go on up, for 1 this is the time when you can find him!”
1 Samuel 9:16
9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate 2 him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”
1 Samuel 12:17
12:17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”
1 Samuel 18:21
18:21 Saul said, “I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law.” 3
1 Samuel 20:12
20:12 Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness. 4 I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know? 5
1 Samuel 27:11
27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time 6 that he lived in the country of the Philistines.
1 Samuel 29:6
29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you 7 serving 8 with me in the army. 9 I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion 10 of the leaders, you are not reliable. 11
1 Samuel 29:8
29:8 But David said to Achish, “What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn’t go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?”
1 tc The MT has “him” (אֹתוֹ, ’oto) here, in addition to the “him” at the end of the verse. The ancient versions attest to only one occurrence of the pronoun, although it is possible that this is due to translation technique rather than to their having a Hebrew text with the pronoun used only once. The present translation assumes textual duplication in the MT and does not attempt to represent the pronoun twice. However, for a defense of the MT here, with the suggested translation “for him just now – you will find him,” see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 72-73.
2 tn Heb “anoint.”
3 tc The final sentence of v. 21 is absent in most LXX mss.
4 tc The Hebrew text has simply “the Lord God of Israel.” On the basis of the Syriac version, many reconstruct the text to read “[is] my witness,” which may have fallen out of the text by homoioarcton (an error which is entirely possible if עֵד, ’ed, “witness,” immediately followed ַָדוִד, “David,” in the original text).
5 tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”
6 tn Heb “all the days.”
7 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
8 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
9 tn Heb “camp.”
10 tn Heb “eyes.”
11 tn Heb “good.”