Discovery Box1 Samuel 10:24 
Context10:24 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 12:10
Context12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 1 ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. 2 Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ 3
1 Samuel 14:6
Context14:6 Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come on, let’s go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene 4 for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few.”
1 Samuel 15:23
Context15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,
and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.
Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,
he has rejected you as 5 king.”
1 Samuel 24:6
Context24:6 He said to his men, “May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord’s chosen one, 6 by extending my hand against him. After all, 7 he is the Lord’s chosen one.” 8
1 Samuel 26:23
Context26:23 The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. 9 Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord’s chosen one.
1 tn Heb “and said.”
2 tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.
sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.
3 tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
4 tn Heb “act.”
5 tn Or “from [being].”
6 tn Heb “anointed.”
7 tn Or “for.”
8 tn Heb “anointed.”
9 tn Heb “and the
