Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:17 
Context2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they 1 treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.
1 Samuel 7:16
Context7:16 Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, 2 Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places.
1 Samuel 11:4
Context11:4 When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) 3 and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. 4
1 Samuel 16:10
Context16:10 Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. 5 But Samuel said to Jesse, “The Lord has not chosen any of these.”
1 Samuel 17:17-18
Context17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly 6 to the camp to your brothers. 17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. 7 Find out how your brothers are doing 8 and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. 9
1 Samuel 18:26
Context18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed 10 to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired 11
1 Samuel 19:7
Context19:7 Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly. 12
1 Samuel 20:40
Context20:40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”
1 Samuel 23:2
Context23:2 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”
1 Samuel 24:7
Context24:7 David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down 13 the road.
1 Samuel 24:16
Context24:16 When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, “Is that your voice, my son David?” Then Saul wept loudly. 14
1 Samuel 25:9
Context25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.
1 Samuel 25:12
Context25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David 15 all these things.
1 Samuel 25:15
Context25:15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together 16 in the field.
1 Samuel 25:37
Context25:37 In the morning, when Nabal was sober, 17 his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. 18
1 tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew
2 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
3 tn Heb “to Gibeah of Saul.”
4 tn Heb “lifted their voice and wept.”
5 tn Heb “caused seven of his sons to pass before Samuel.” This could be taken as referring to seven sons in addition to the three mentioned before this, but 1 Sam 17:12 says Jesse had eight sons, not eleven. 1 Chr 2:13-15 lists only seven sons, including David. However, 1 Chr 27:18 mentions an additional son, named Elihu.
6 tn Heb “run.”
7 tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”
8 tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”
9 tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”
10 tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”
11 tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”
12 tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”
13 tn Heb “went on.”
14 tn Heb “lifted his voice and wept.”
15 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
16 tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”
17 tn Heb “when the wine had gone out from Nabal.”
18 tn Heb “and his heart died within him and he became a stone.” Cf. TEV, NLT “stroke”; CEV “heart attack.” For an alternative interpretation than that presented above, see Marjorie O’Rourke Boyle, “The Law of the Heart: The Death of a Fool (1 Samuel 25),” JBL 120 (2001): 401-27, who argues that a medical diagnosis is not necessary here. Instead, the passage makes a connection between the heart and the law; Nabal dies for his lawlessness.
