Discovery Box1 Samuel 9:7 
Context9:7 So Saul said to his servant, “All right, 1 we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”
1 Samuel 10:2
Context10:2 When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel’s tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin’s border. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! 2 He is asking, “What should I do about my son?”’
1 Samuel 14:24
Context14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.
1 Samuel 18:17
Context18:17 3 Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior 4 for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 19:5
Context19:5 He risked his life 5 when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”
1 Samuel 20:21
Context20:21 When I send a boy after them, I will say, “Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; 6 get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.
1 Samuel 21:6
Context21:6 So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away.
1 Samuel 22:8
Context22:8 For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me 7 when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!”
1 Samuel 26:12
Context26:12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.
1 Samuel 29:3
Context29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? 8 I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” 9
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 10 serving 11 with me in the army. 12 I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion 13 of the leaders, you are not reliable. 14
1 tn Heb “look.”
2 sn In the Hebrew text the pronoun you is plural, suggesting that Saul’s father was concerned about his son and the servant who accompanied him.
3 tc Much of the
4 tn Heb “son of valor.”
5 tn Heb “and he put his life into his hand.”
6 tn Heb “from you and here.”
7 tn Heb “uncovers my ear.”
8 tn Heb “these days or these years.”
9 tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”
10 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
11 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
12 tn Heb “camp.”
13 tn Heb “eyes.”
14 tn Heb “good.”
