1 Samuel 8:10

8:10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.

1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us 1  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done 2  everything you requested. 3  I have given you a king. 4 

1 Samuel 15:8

15:8 He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag’s people 5  with the sword.

1 Samuel 16:6

16:6 When they arrived, Samuel 6  noticed 7  Eliab and said to himself, 8  “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!” 9 

1 Samuel 20:24

20:24 So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal.

1 Samuel 21:10

21:10 So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath.

1 Samuel 22:16

22:16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!

1 Samuel 26:22

26:22 David replied, “Here is the king’s spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it.

1 Samuel 27:2

27:2 So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men.

1 tn Heb “and go out before us.”

2 tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

3 tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

4 tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”

5 tn Heb “all the people.” For clarity “Agag’s” has been supplied in the translation.

6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Heb “saw.”

8 tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

9 tn Heb “his anointed one.”