1 Samuel 7:4

7:4 So the Israelites ¹  removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord.

1 Samuel 8:4

8:4 So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah.

1 Samuel 8:21

8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. ² 

1 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. ³ 

1 Samuel 15:25

15:25 Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship ⁴  the Lord.”

1 Samuel 18:9

18:9 So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward.

1 Samuel 18:12

18:12 So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul.

1 Samuel 19:12

19:12 So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped.

1 Samuel 31:6

31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

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¹ tn Heb “the sons of Israel.”

² tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”

³ tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”

⁴ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.