Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:28 
Context2:28 I chose your ancestor 1 from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.
1 Samuel 2:30
Context2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say 2 that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve 3 me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! 4 For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
1 Samuel 9:16
Context9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate 5 him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”
1 Samuel 9:24
Context9:24 So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel 6 said, “What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul ate with Samuel that day.
1 Samuel 10:18
Context10:18 He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power 7 of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.
1 Samuel 17:39
Context17:39 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. 8 David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.
1 Samuel 17:46
Context17:46 This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God
1 Samuel 20:12
Context20:12 Jonathan said to David, “The Lord God of Israel is my witness. 9 I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know? 10
1 Samuel 24:10
Context24:10 Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you – this very day – into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity 11 on you and said, ‘I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s chosen one.’ 12
1 Samuel 27:1
Context27:1 David thought to himself, 13 “One of these days I’m going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand.”
1 Samuel 29:6
Context29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you 14 serving 15 with me in the army. 16 I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion 17 of the leaders, you are not reliable. 18
1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Eli’s ancestor, i.e., Aaron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
2 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
3 tn Heb “walk about before.”
4 tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”
5 tn Heb “anoint.”
6 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 25); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in both places in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “hand” (also later in this verse).
8 tn Heb “he had not tested.”
9 tc The Hebrew text has simply “the
10 tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”
11 tn Heb “it had pity,” apparently with the understood subject being “my eye,” in accordance with a common expression.
12 tn Heb “anointed.”
13 tn Heb “said to his heart.”
14 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
15 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
16 tn Heb “camp.”
17 tn Heb “eyes.”
18 tn Heb “good.”
