Discovery Box1 Samuel 6:16 
Context6:16 The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.
1 Samuel 7:5
Context7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”
1 Samuel 10:20
Context10:20 Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot.
1 Samuel 13:9
Context13:9 So Saul said, “Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings.” Then he offered a burnt offering.
1 Samuel 14:38
Context14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out 1 how this sin occurred today.
1 Samuel 14:42
Context14:42 Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!” 2 Jonathan was indicated by lot.
1 Samuel 15:7
Context15:7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to 3 Shur, which is next to Egypt.
1 Samuel 16:8
Context16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. 4 But Samuel 5 said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”
1 Samuel 16:15
Context16:15 Then Saul’s servants said to him, “Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!”
1 Samuel 16:22
Context16:22 Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, “Let David be my servant, for I really like him.” 6
1 Samuel 18:29
Context18:29 Saul became even more afraid of him. 7 Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. 8
1 Samuel 23:16
Context23:16 Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him 9 through God.
1 Samuel 25:6
Context25:6 Then you will say to my brother, 10 “Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours!
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 Samuel 30:4
Context30:4 Then David and the men 11 who were with him wept loudly 12 until they could weep no more. 13
1 Samuel 31:13
Context31:13 They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days.
1 tn Heb “know and see.”
2 tc The LXX includes the following words: “Whomever the Lord will indicate by the lot, let him die! And the people said to Saul, ‘It is not this word.’ But Saul prevailed over the people, and they cast lots between him and between Jonathan his son.”
3 tn Heb “[as] you enter.”
4 tn Heb “and caused him to pass before.”
5 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 9); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “Let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”
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 tn Heb “strengthened his hand.”
10 tc The text is difficult here. The MT and most of the early versions support the reading לֶחָי (lekhai, “to life,” or “to the one who lives”). Some of the older English versions (KJV, ASV; cf. NKJV) took the expression to mean “to him who lives (in prosperity),” but this translation requires reading a good deal into the words. While the expression could have the sense of “Long life to you!” (cf. NIV, NJPS) or perhaps “Good luck to you!” this seems somewhat redundant in light of the salutation that follows in the context. The Latin Vulgate has fratribus meis (“to my brothers”), which suggests that Jerome understood the Hebrew word to have an alef that is absent in the MT (i.e., לֶאֱחָי, le’ekhay). Jerome’s plural, however, remains a problem, since in the context David is addressing a single individual, namely Nabal, and not a group. However, it is likely that the Vulgate witnesses to a consonantal Hebrew text that is to be preferred here, especially if the word were to be revocalized as a singular rather than a plural. While it is impossible to be certain about this reading, the present translation essentially follows the Vulgate in reading “my brother” (so also NJB; cf. NAB, RSV, NRSV).
11 tn Heb “people.”
12 tn Heb “lifted up their voice and wept.”
13 tn Heb “until there was no longer in them strength to weep.”
