Discovery Box1 Samuel 1:15 
Context1:15 But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, 1 my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. 2 I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to 3 the Lord.
1 Samuel 1:22
Context1:22 but Hannah did not go up with them. 4 Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”
1 Samuel 3:5-6
Context3:5 Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli 5 said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down. 3:6 The Lord again called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli 6 said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”
1 Samuel 4:20
Context4:20 As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, “Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention. 7
1 Samuel 5:9-10
Context5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked 8 that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city 9 with sores. 10 5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.
But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here 11 to kill our 12 people!”
1 Samuel 7:10
Context7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. 13 But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by 14 Israel.
1 Samuel 8:7
Context8:7 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do everything the people request of you. 15 For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king.
1 Samuel 10:14
Context10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul 16 replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, 17 we went to Samuel.”
1 Samuel 10:16
Context10:16 Saul said to his uncle, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul 18 did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship.
1 Samuel 10:19
Context10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! 19 Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”
1 Samuel 11:2
Context11:2 But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, “The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!”
1 Samuel 12:15
Context12:15 But if you don’t obey 20 the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king. 21
1 Samuel 13:7
Context13:7 Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River 22 to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified.
1 Samuel 13:11
Context13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me 23 and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,
1 Samuel 13:22
Context13:22 So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.
1 Samuel 14:1
Context14:1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, 24 “Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.
1 Samuel 14:10
Context14:10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”
1 Samuel 14:27
Context14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, 25 his eyes gleamed. 26
1 Samuel 14:39
Context14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. 27
1 Samuel 15:12
Context15:12 Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, “Saul has gone to Carmel where 28 he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left 29 and went down to Gilgal.” 30
1 Samuel 15:15
Context15:15 Saul said, “They were brought 31 from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”
1 Samuel 15:20-21
Context15:20 Then Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed 32 the Lord! I went on the campaign 33 the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites. 15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”
1 Samuel 15:30
Context15:30 Saul 34 again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”
1 Samuel 15:35
Context15:35 Until the day he 35 died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.
1 Samuel 16:2
Context16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you 36 and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
1 Samuel 17:9
Context17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”
1 Samuel 17:33
Context17:33 But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”
1 Samuel 18:5
Context18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. 37
1 Samuel 18:8
Context18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, 38 “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”
1 Samuel 19:10
Context19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. 39 David escaped quickly 40 that night.
1 Samuel 20:7
Context20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ 41 then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. 42
1 Samuel 20:22
Context20:22 But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ 43 get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.
1 Samuel 20:27
Context20:27 But the next morning, the second day of the new moon, David’s place was still vacant. So Saul said to his son Jonathan, “Why has Jesse’s son not come to the meal yesterday or today?”
1 Samuel 23:3
Context23:3 But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”
1 Samuel 23:14
Context23:14 David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, 44 but God did not deliver David 45 into his hand.
1 Samuel 23:25
Context23:25 Saul and his men went to look for him. 46 But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon.
1 Samuel 25:3
Context25:3 The man’s name was Nabal, 47 and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise 48 and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite.
1 Samuel 25:10
Context25:10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!
1 Samuel 25:21
Context25:21 Now David had been thinking, 49 “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.
1 Samuel 25:24-25
Context25:24 Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant! 25:25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! 50 But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. 51
1 Samuel 26:3
Context26:3 Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the desert. When he realized that Saul had come to the desert to find 52 him,
1 Samuel 26:11
Context26:11 But may the Lord prevent me from extending my hand against the Lord’s chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul’s head and the jug of water, and let’s get out of here!”
1 Samuel 28:9
Context28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed 53 the mediums and magicians 54 from the land! Why are you trapping me 55 so you can put me to death?”
1 Samuel 28:23
Context28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged 56 him to eat, so he gave in. 57 He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.
1 Samuel 30:2
Context30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.
1 Samuel 30:6
Context30:6 David was very upset, for the men 58 were thinking of stoning him; 59 each man grieved bitterly 60 over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.
1 Samuel 30:23
Context30:23 But David said, “No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! 61 He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.
1 tn Heb “No.”
2 tn Heb “I am a woman difficult of spirit.” The LXX has “for whom the day is difficult,” apparently mistaking the Hebrew word for “spirit” רוּחַ (ruakh) to be the word for “day” יוֹם (yom).
3 tn Heb “before.”
4 tn The disjunctive clause is contrastive here. The words “with them” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “and she did not set her heart.”
8 tn Heb “the hand of the
9 tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”
10 tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”
11 tn Heb “to me.”
12 tn Heb “my.”
13 tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”
14 tn Heb “before.”
15 tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”
16 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”
18 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
19 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew
20 tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”
21 tc The LXX reads “your king” rather than the MT’s “your fathers.” The latter makes little sense here. Some follow MT, but translate “as it was against your fathers.” See P. K. McCarter, 1 Samuel (AB), 212.
22 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
23 tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”
24 tn Or “the servant who was carrying his military equipment” (likewise in vv. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14).
25 tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”
26 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew
27 tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”
28 tn Heb “and look.”
29 tn Heb “and he turned and crossed over.”
30 tc At the end of v. 12 the LXX and one Old Latin
31 tn Heb “they brought them.”
32 tn Heb “listened to the voice of the
33 tn Heb “journey.”
34 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
35 tn That is, Samuel.
36 tn Heb “in your hand.”
37 tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”
38 tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.
39 tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”
40 tn Heb “fled and escaped.”
41 tn Heb “good.”
42 tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”
43 tn Heb “from you and onward.”
44 tn Heb “all the days.”
45 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
46 tn Heb “to search.”
47 sn The name נָבָל (Nabal) means “foolish” or “senseless” in Hebrew, and as an adjective the word is used especially of persons who have no perception of ethical or religious claims. It is an apt name for this character, who certainly typifies such behavior.
48 tn Heb “good of insight”; KJV “of good understanding”; NAB, NIV, TEV “intelligent”; NRSV “clever.”
49 tn Heb “said.”
50 tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”
51 tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”
52 tn Heb “after.”
53 tn Heb “how he has cut off.”
55 tn Heb “my life.”
56 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew
57 tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”
58 tn Heb “people.”
59 tn Heb “said to stone him.”
60 tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”
61 tc This clause is difficult in the MT. The present translation accepts the text as found in the MT and understands this clause to be elliptical, with an understood verb such as “look” or “consider.” On the other hand, the LXX seems to reflect a slightly different Hebrew text, reading “after” where the MT has “my brothers.” The Greek translation yields the following translation: “You should not do this after the
