1 Samuel 9:23

9:23 Samuel said to the cook, “Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you – the one I asked you to keep with you.”

1 Samuel 12:6

12:6 Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors ¹  up from the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Now look! Here is the king you have chosen – the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king!

1 Samuel 13:17

13:17 Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;

1 Samuel 14:20

14:20 Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found ²  the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords. ³ 

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ⁴  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ⁵  for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 14:49

Members of Saul’s Family

14:49 The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua. ⁶  He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal.

1 Samuel 15:1

Saul Is Rejected as King

15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 15:29

15:29 The Preeminent One ⁸  of Israel does not go back on his word ⁹  or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind.” ¹⁰ 

1 Samuel 16:3

16:3 Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out ¹¹  to you.”

1 Samuel 16:12

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ¹²  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

1 Samuel 25:14

25:14 But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the desert to greet ¹³  our lord, but he screamed at them.

1 Samuel 25:22

25:22 God will severely punish David, ¹⁴  if I leave alive until morning even one male ¹⁵  from all those who belong to him!”

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 ¹⁶  and remain guiltless?”

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¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

² tn Heb “and look, there was”

³ tn Heb “the sword of a man against his companion, a very great panic.”

⁴ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

⁵ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

⁶ sn The list differs from others. In 1 Sam 31:2 (= 1 Chr 10:2), Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua are listed as Saul’s sons, while 1 Chr 8:33 and 9:39 list Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

⁷ tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the Lord” (so KJV).

⁸ tn Heb “splendor,” used here by metonymy as a title for the Lord.

⁹ tn Or perhaps “does not lie.”

¹⁰ sn This observation marks the preceding statement (v. 28) as an unconditional, unalterable decree. When God makes such a decree he will not alter it or change his mind. This does not mean that God never deviates from his stated intentions or changes his mind. On the contrary, several passages describe him as changing his mind. In fact, his willingness to do so is one of his fundamental divine attributes (see Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2). For a fuller discussion see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Change His Mind?” BSac 152 (1995): 387-99.

¹¹ tn Heb “say”; KJV, NRSV “name”; NIV “indicate.”

¹² tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”

¹³ tn Heb “bless.”

¹⁴ tc Heb “Thus God will do to the enemies of David and thus he will add.” Most of the Old Greek ms tradition has simply “David,” with no reference to his enemies. In OT imprecations such as the one found in v. 22 it is common for the speaker to direct malediction toward himself as an indication of the seriousness with which he regards the matter at hand. In other words, the speaker invites on himself dire consequences if he fails to fulfill the matter expressed in the oath. However, in the situation alluded to in v. 22 the threat actually does not come to fruition due to the effectiveness of Abigail’s appeal to David in behalf of her husband Nabal. Instead, David is placated through Abigail’s intervention. It therefore seems likely that the reference to “the enemies of David” in the MT of v. 22 is the result of a scribal attempt to deliver David from the implied consequences of this oath. The present translation follows the LXX rather than the MT here.

¹⁵ tn Heb “one who urinates against a wall” (also in v. 34); KJV “any that pisseth against the wall.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).