Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:23 
Context2:23 He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these 1 people.
1 Samuel 12:21
Context12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. 2
1 Samuel 12:24
Context12:24 However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you!
1 Samuel 18:26
Context18:26 So his servants told David these things and David agreed 3 to become the king’s son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired 4
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. 5
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 25:12
Context25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David 6 all these things.
1 tc For “these” the LXX has “of the Lord” (κυρίου, kuriou), perhaps through the influence of the final phrase of v. 24 (“the people of the
2 tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”
3 tn Heb “and it was acceptable in the eyes of David.”
4 tn Heb “the days were not fulfilled.”
5 tn Heb “and he was before him as before.”
6 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
