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 14:47

14:47 After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their ¹  enemies on all sides – the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. ² 

1 Samuel 17:22-23

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ³  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing. 17:23 As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, ⁴  and David heard it.

1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ⁵  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 21:13

21:13 He altered his behavior in their presence. ⁷  Since he was in their power, ⁸  he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard.

1 Samuel 28:14

28:14 He said to her, “What about his appearance?” She said, “An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!”

Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down.

1 Samuel 28:23

28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ⁹  him to eat, so he gave in. ¹⁰  He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

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¹ tn Heb “his,” which could refer to Israel or to Saul.

² tc The translation follows the LXX (“he was delivered”), rather than the MT, which reads, “he acted wickedly.”

³ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

⁴ tn Heb “according to these words.”

⁵ tn Heb “good.”

⁶ tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

⁷ tn Heb “in their eyes.”

⁸ tn Heb “in their hand.”

⁹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).

¹⁰ tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”