Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:18 
Context2:18 Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod.
1 Samuel 14:23
Context14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. 1
1 Samuel 14:48
Context14:48 He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. 2
1 Samuel 15:14
Context15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, 3 then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
1 Samuel 18:28-29
Context18:28 When Saul realized 4 that the Lord was with David and that his 5 daughter Michal loved David, 6 18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. 7 Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. 8
1 Samuel 19:16
Context19:16 When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat’s hair at its head.
1 Samuel 20:23
Context20:23 With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!” 9
1 Samuel 20:39
Context20:39 (Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.) 10
1 Samuel 28:25
Context28:25 She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night.
1 tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”
2 tn Heb “plunderers.”
3 tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn Heb “saw and knew.”
5 tn Heb “Saul’s.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “of David.” In the translation the proper name has been replaced by the pronoun for stylistic reasons.
8 tc The final sentence of v. 29 is absent in most LXX
tn Heb “all the days.”
9 tc Heb “the
10 tn Heb “knew the matter.”
