1 Samuel 7:8
7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep 1 crying out to the Lord our 2 God so that he may save us 3 from the hand of the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 7:13
7:13 So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.
1 Samuel 11:12
Saul Is Established as King
11:12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”
1 Samuel 14:19
14:19 While 4 Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistines’ camp was becoming greater and greater. So Saul said to the priest, “Withdraw your hand!”
1 Samuel 14:37
14:37 So Saul asked God, “Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?” But he did not answer him that day.
1 Samuel 17:57
17:57 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.
1 Samuel 19:9
19:9 Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon 5 Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. 6
1 Samuel 23:4
23:4 So David asked the Lord once again. But again the Lord replied, “Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand.”
1 Samuel 23:12
23:12 David asked, “Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul’s hand?” The Lord said, “They will deliver you over.”
1 Samuel 23:20
23:20 Now at your own discretion, 7 O king, come down. Delivering him into the king’s hand will be our responsibility.”
1 Samuel 24:12-13
24:12 May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you.
24:13 It’s like the old proverb says: ‘From evil people evil proceeds.’ But my hand will not be against you.
1 Samuel 24:18
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.
1 Samuel 24:20
24:20 Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
1 Samuel 26:9
26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord’s chosen one 8 and remain guiltless?”
1 Samuel 28:17
28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! 9 The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!
1 tn Heb “don’t stop.”
2 tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”
3 tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
4 tn Or perhaps “until.”
5 tn Heb “[was] to.”
6 tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”
7 tn Heb “to all the desire of your soul.”
8 tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).
9 tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”