1 Samuel 10:27
Context10:27 But some wicked men 1 said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. 2
1 Samuel 19:21
Context19:21 When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.
1 Samuel 25:14
Context25:14 But one of the servants told Nabal’s wife Abigail, “David sent messengers from the desert to greet 3 our lord, but he screamed at them.
1 tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).
2 tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran
3 tn Heb “bless.”