1 Samuel 9:5

9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

1 Samuel 13:7

13:7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River ¹  to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.

1 Samuel 22:5

22:5 Then Gad the prophet said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 23:23

23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ²  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ³  among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 28:3

28:3 Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. ⁴  In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums ⁵  and magicians ⁶  from the land.

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ⁷  the mediums and magicians ⁸  from the land! Why are you trapping me ⁹  so you can put me to death?”

1 Samuel 31:9

31:9 They cut off Saul’s ¹⁰  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 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “established.”

³ tn Heb “I will search him out.”

⁴ tn Heb “in Ramah, even in his city.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew term translated “mediums” actually refers to a pit used by a magician to conjure up underworld spirits (see 2 Kgs 21:6). In v. 7 the witch of Endor is called the owner of a ritual pit. See H. Hoffner, “Second Millennium Antecedents to the Hebrew ’OñBù,” JBL 86 (1967): 385-401. Here the term refers by metonymy to the owner of such a pit (see H. A. Hoffner, TDOT 1:133).

⁶ sn See Isa 8:19 for another reference to magicians who attempted to conjure up underworld spirits.

⁷ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

⁸ tn See the note at v. 3.

⁹ tn Heb “my life.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).