1 Samuel 9:2

9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.

1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ¹  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ²  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 10:24

10:24 Then Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!” All the people shouted out, “Long live the king!”

1 Samuel 15:33

15:33 Samuel said, “Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!” Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord.

1 Samuel 19:24

19:24 He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there ³  naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”)

1 Samuel 22:14

22:14 Ahimelech replied to the king, “Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

1 Samuel 23:19

23:19 Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon?

1 Samuel 23:23

23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ⁴  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ⁵  among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 31:9

31:9 They cut off Saul’s ⁶  head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines.

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¹ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

tn Heb “they”; the referents (Saul and his servant) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “and he fell down.”

⁴ tn Heb “established.”

⁵ tn Heb “I will search him out.”

⁶ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).