b 1 Sam. 18:17–20, 27; 19:12

1 Abinadab, 1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39

a 1 Sam. 10:14

a 1 Sam. 9:1, 21

a 1 Sam. 8:11

CHAPTER 15

a 1 Sam. 9:16; 10:1

a Deut. 25:17–19

a Deut. 25:19

b Num. 24:20

1 Lit. strike

a Num. 24:21

b Gen. 18:25; 19:12, 14

c Ex. 18:10, 19

a 1 Sam. 14:48

b Gen. 2:11; 25:17, 18

c Gen. 16:7

a 1 Sam. 15:32, 33

b 1 Sam. 27:8, 9

a 1 Sam. 15:3, 15, 19

a Gen. 6:6, 7

b 1 Kin. 9:6

c 1 Sam. 13:13; 15:3, 9

d 1 Sam. 15:35; 16:1

a Josh. 15:55

a Judg. 17:2

a [Gen. 3:12, 13]; 1 Sam. 15:9, 21

a 1 Sam. 9:21; 10:22

1 exterminated

1 plunder

a 1 Sam. 15:13

a 1 Sam. 15:15

a [Is. 1:11–17]

b [Hos. 6:6]

a 1 Sam. 13:14; 16:1

1 divination

* See WW at Prov. 22:8.

a Josh. 7:20

b [Is. 51:12, 13]

* See WW at Ex. 1:17.

a 1 Sam. 2:30

a 1 Kin. 11:30, 31

a 1 Kin. 11:31

a Num. 23:19

a [John 5:44; 12:43]

a [Gen. 9:6]

a 1 Sam. 7:17

b 1 Sam. 11:4

a 1 Sam. 19:24

CHAPTER 16

a 1 Sam. 15:23, 35

b 1 Sam. 9:16; 10:1

c Ruth 4:18–22

d Acts 13:22

1 Lit. seen

* See WW at Joel 1:9.

a 1 Sam. 9:12

a 1 Sam. 21:1

b 1 Kin. 2:13

a Ex. 19:10

1 Consecrate

a 1 Sam. 17:13, 28

b 1 Kin. 12:26

a Ps. 147:10

b Is. 55:8, 9

c 2 Cor. 10:7

d 1 Kin. 8:39

1 rejected

2 LXX For God does not see as man sees; Tg. It is not by the appearance of a man; Vg. Nor do I judge according to the looks of a man

a 2 Sam. 7:8; Ps. 78:70–72

1 So with LXX, Vg.; MT turn around; Tg., Syr. turn away

a 1 Sam. 17:42

b Gen. 39:6; Ex. 2:2; Acts 7:20

c 1 Sam. 9:17

1 Lit. beautiful

* See WW at Is. 61:1.

a Num. 27:18; 1 Sam. 10:6, 9, 10

a Judg. 16:20; 1 Sam. 11:6; 18:12; 28:15

b Judg. 9:23; 1 Sam. 16:15, 16; 18:10; 19:9; 1 Kin. 22:19–22

a 1 Sam. 18:10; 19:9; 2 Kin. 3:15

1 Lit. evil

1 Lit. Look now for a man for me

a 1 Sam. 3:19; 18:12, 14

a 1 Sam. 10:4, 27; Prov. 18:16

a Gen. 41:46; Prov. 22:29

CHAPTER 17

a Josh. 15:35; 2 Chr. 28:18

a 2 Sam. 21:19

b Josh. 11:21, 22

1 clothed with scaled body armor

a 1 Sam. 8:17

a 1 Sam. 11:1

* See WW at Num. 13:30.

a 1 Sam. 17:26, 36, 45; 2 Sam. 21:21

a Ruth 4:22; 1 Sam. 16:1, 18; 17:58

b Gen. 35:19

c 1 Sam. 16:10, 11; 1 Chr. 2:13–15

a 1 Sam. 16:6, 8, 9; 1 Chr. 2:13

a 1 Sam. 16:11, 19; 2 Sam. 7:8

a Gen. 37:13, 14

a 1 Sam. 17:8–10

a Josh. 15:16

a 1 Sam. 11:2

b 1 Sam. 14:6; 17:36; Jer. 9:25, 26

c 1 Sam. 17:10

d Deut. 5:26; 2 Kin. 19:4; Jer. 10:10

a 1 Sam. 17:25

a Gen. 37:4, 8–36; [Prov. 18:19; Matt. 10:36]

a 1 Sam. 17:17

1 Lit. Is it not a word? or matter?

a 1 Sam. 17:26, 27

a Deut. 20:1–4

b 1 Sam. 16:18

a Num. 13:31; Deut. 9:2

a Judg. 14:5

a [2 Cor. 1:10; 2 Tim. 4:17, 18]

b 1 Sam. 20:13; 1 Chr. 22:11, 16

1 Lit. clothes

a [Ps. 123:4; Prov. 16:18; 1 Cor. 1:27, 28]

b 1 Sam. 16:12

1 belittled

a 1 Sam. 24:14; 2 Sam. 3:8; 9:8; 16:9; 2 Kin. 8:13

a 1 Sam. 17:46; 1 Kin. 20:10, 11

a 2 Sam. 22:33, 35; 2 Chr. 32:8; Ps. 124:8; [2 Cor. 10:4]; Heb. 11:33, 34

b 1 Sam. 17:10

a Deut. 28:26

b Josh. 4:24; 1 Kin. 8:43; 18:36; 2 Kin. 19:19; Is. 52:10

a 1 Sam. 14:6; 2 Chr. 14:11; 20:15; Ps. 44:6; Hos. 1:7; Zech. 4:6

b 2 Chr. 20:15

* See WW at Lev. 16:17.

a Ps. 27:3

a Judg. 3:31; 15:15; 20:16

a 1 Sam. 21:9; 2 Sam. 23:21

b Heb. 11:34

a Josh. 15:36

1 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX Gath

a 1 Sam. 14:50

b 1 Sam. 16:21, 22

a 1 Sam. 17:54

a 1 Sam. 17:12

CHAPTER 18

a Gen. 44:30

b Deut. 13:6; 1 Sam. 20:17; 2 Sam. 1:26

1 life of Jonathan was bound up with the life of

a 1 Sam. 17:15

a 1 Sam. 20:8–17

1 Or prospered

* See WW at Jer. 3:15.

a Ex. 15:20, 21

1 Philistines

a Ex. 15:21

b 1 Sam. 21:11; 29:5

a Eccl. 4:4

b 1 Sam. 15:28

1 Viewed with suspicion

a 1 Sam. 16:14

b 1 Sam. 19:24

c 1 Sam. 16:23

d 1 Sam. 19:9, 10

a 1 Sam. 19:10; 20:33

a 1 Sam. 18:15, 29

b 1 Sam. 16:13, 18

c 1 Sam. 16:14; 28:15

a Num. 27:17

1 Lit. himself

a Josh. 6:27

a 1 Sam. 18:5

a 1 Sam. 14:49; 17:25

b Num. 32:20, 27, 29

c 1 Sam. 18:21, 25

a 2 Sam. 7:18

a 2 Sam. 21:8

b Judg. 7:22

a 1 Sam. 18:28

a 1 Sam. 18:17

b 1 Sam. 18:26

1 be bait for

* See WW at Ps. 112:1.

1 Lit. According to these words

a Ex. 22:17

b 1 Sam. 14:24

c 1 Sam. 18:17

a 1 Sam. 18:21

a 1 Sam. 18:13

b 2 Sam. 3:14

1 all the days

a 2 Sam. 11:1

b 1 Sam. 18:5

CHAPTER 19

a 1 Sam. 8:8, 9

b 1 Sam. 18:1

a 1 Sam. 20:8–13

a 1 Sam. 20:32; [Prov. 31:8, 9]

b Gen. 42:22; [Prov. 17:13]; Jer. 18:20

a Judg. 9:17; 12:3

b 1 Sam. 17:49, 50

c 1 Sam. 11:13; 1 Chr. 11:14

d 1 Sam. 20:32

e [Deut. 19:10–13]

a 1 Sam. 16:21; 18:2, 10, 13

a 1 Sam. 18:27; 23:5

a 1 Sam. 16:14; 18:10, 11

a Judg. 16:2; Ps. 59:title

a Josh. 2:15; Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33

1 household idols, Heb. teraphim

a 2 Sam. 2:22

a 1 Sam. 16:13

b 1 Sam. 7:17

a 1 Sam. 19:11, 14; John 7:32

b 1 Sam. 10:5, 6, 10; [1 Cor. 14:3, 24, 25]

c Num. 11:25; Joel 2:28

a 1 Sam. 10:10

a Is. 20:2

b Mic. 1:8

c 1 Sam. 10:10–12

CHAPTER 20

a 1 Sam. 27:1; 2 Kin. 2:6

a Num. 10:10; 28:11–15

b 1 Sam. 19:2, 3

a 1 Sam. 16:4; 17:12; John 7:42

a Deut. 1:23; 2 Sam. 17:4

b 1 Sam. 25:17; Esth. 7:7

a Josh. 2:14

b 1 Sam. 18:3; 20:16; 23:18

c 2 Sam. 14:32

1 searched out

a Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam. 3:17

b Josh. 1:5; 1 Sam. 17:37; 18:12; 1 Chr. 22:11, 16

c 1 Sam. 10:7

a 1 Sam. 24:21; 2 Sam. 9:1, 3, 7; 21:7

1 stop being kind

2 family

a Deut. 23:21; 1 Sam. 25:22; 31:2; 2 Sam. 4:7; 21:8

1 family

a 1 Sam. 18:1

a 1 Sam. 20:5, 24

a 1 Sam. 19:2

* See WW at Lam. 5:19.

a Jer. 4:2

a 1 Sam. 20:14, 15

1 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX he sat across from Jonathan

a Lev. 7:20, 21; 15:5

a 1 Sam. 20:6

* See WW at Judg. 10:7.

1 Lit. is a son of death

a Gen. 31:36; 1 Sam. 19:5; [Prov. 31:9]; Matt. 27:23; Luke 23:22

a 1 Sam. 18:11; 19:10

b 1 Sam. 20:7

1 strike him down

* See WW at Mic. 4:13.

1 equipment

a 1 Sam. 1:17

CHAPTER 21

a 1 Sam. 14:3; Mark 2:26

b 1 Sam. 16:4

a Ex. 25:30; Lev. 24:5–9; Matt. 12:4

b Ex. 19:15

1 ordinary

2 consecrated

a Ex. 19:14, 15; 1 Thess. 4:4

b Lev. 8:26

1 The young men are ceremonially undefiled

a Matt. 12:3, 4; Mark 2:25, 26; Luke 6:3, 4

b Lev. 24:8, 9

a 1 Sam. 14:47; 22:9; Ps. 52:title

a 1 Sam. 17:2, 50

b 1 Sam. 31:10

a Ps. 56:title

b 1 Sam. 18:6–8; 29:5

a Luke 2:19

1 Lit. in his heart

a Ps. 34:title

1 insanity

2 scribbled

CHAPTER 22

a Ps. 57:title; 142:title

b Josh. 12:15; 15:35; 2 Sam. 23:13

a Judg. 11:3

b 1 Sam. 25:13

1 Lit. bitter of soul

a 2 Sam. 8:2

a 2 Sam. 24:11; 1 Chr. 21:9; 29:29; 2 Chr. 29:25

a 1 Sam. 15:34

a 1 Sam. 8:14

a 1 Sam. 18:3; 20:16, 30

a 1 Sam. 21:7; 22:22; Ps. 52:title

b 1 Sam. 21:1

c 1 Sam. 14:3

a Num. 27:21; 1 Sam. 10:22

b 1 Sam. 21:6, 9

a 1 Sam. 19:4, 5; 20:32; 24:11

a Deut. 24:16

a Ex. 1:17

a 1 Sam. 2:31

1 attacked

a Josh. 21:1–45; 1 Sam. 22:9, 11

a 1 Sam. 23:6, 9; 30:7; 1 Kin. 2:26, 27

b 1 Sam. 2:33

1 family

a 1 Kin. 2:26

CHAPTER 23

a Josh. 15:44; Neh. 3:17, 18

a 1 Sam. 22:10; 23:4, 6, 9; 28:6; 30:8; 2 Sam. 5:19, 23

1 Lit. strike

a 1 Sam. 19:8; 2 Sam. 5:20

a 1 Sam. 22:20

a Num. 27:21; 1 Sam. 23:6; 30:7

a 1 Sam. 22:19

1 Lit. shut up

a 1 Sam. 22:2; 25:13

a Ps. 11:1

b Josh. 15:55; 2 Chr. 11:8

c Ps. 32:7; 54:3, 4

1 Or in Horesh

1 encouraged him

a [Ps. 27:1–3; Heb. 13:6]

b 1 Sam. 20:31; 24:20

a 1 Sam. 18:3; 20:12–17, 42; 2 Sam. 9:1; 21:7

a 1 Sam. 26:1; Ps. 54:title

a Ps. 54:3

1 Lit. thousands

a Josh. 15:55; 1 Sam. 25:2

1 Or from the rock

a Ps. 31:22

b Ps. 17:9

a 2 Kin. 19:9

1 Heb. Sela Hammah-lekoth

a Josh. 15:62; 2 Chr. 20:2

CHAPTER 24

a 1 Sam. 23:19, 28, 29

a 1 Sam. 26:2; Ps. 38:12

a 1 Sam. 24:10

b Judg. 3:24

c Ps. 57:title; 142:title

a 1 Sam. 26:8–11

a 2 Sam. 24:10

a 1 Sam. 26:11

a Ps. 7:4; [Matt. 5:44; Rom. 12:17, 19]

a Ps. 141:6; [Prov. 16:28; 17:9]

a Judg. 11:27; Ps. 7:3; 35:7

b 1 Sam. 26:20

a Gen. 16:5; Judg. 11:27; 1 Sam. 26:10–23; Job 5:8

a [Matt. 7:16–20]

* See WW at Prov. 1:6.

* See WW at Prov. 10:16.

a 1 Sam. 17:43; 2 Sam. 9:8

b 1 Sam. 26:20

a 1 Sam. 24:12

b 2 Chr. 24:22

c Ps. 35:1; 43:1; 119:154; Mic. 7:9

a 1 Sam. 26:17

a 1 Sam. 26:21

b Gen. 38:26

c [Matt. 5:44]

* See WW at Ezek. 34:14.

a 1 Sam. 26:23

a 1 Sam. 23:17

a Gen. 21:23; 1 Sam. 20:14–17

b 2 Sam. 21:6–8

a 1 Sam. 23:29

CHAPTER 25

a 1 Sam. 28:3

b Num. 20:29; Deut. 34:8

c Gen. 21:21; Num. 10:12; 13:3

1 So with MT, Syr., Tg., Vg.; LXX Maon

a 1 Sam. 23:24

b Josh. 15:55

a Josh. 15:13; 1 Sam. 30:14

a Gen. 38:13; 2 Sam. 13:23

a Judg. 19:20; 1 Chr. 12:18; Ps. 122:7; Luke 10:5

a 1 Sam. 25:15, 21

a Neh. 8:10–12; Esth. 8:17; 9:19, 22

1 be gracious to the young men

a Judg. 9:28

a Judg. 8:6, 15

1 Lit. slaughter

a 1 Sam. 30:24

1 scolded or scorned at

a 1 Sam. 25:7, 21

a Ex. 14:22; Job 1:10

a 1 Sam. 20:7

b Deut. 13:13; Judg. 19:22

1 Lit. son of Belial

a Gen. 32:13; [Prov. 18:16; 21:14]

a Gen. 32:16, 20

a 1 Sam. 24:17; Ps. 109:5; [Prov. 17:13]

a Ruth 1:17; 1 Sam. 3:17; 20:13, 16

b 1 Sam. 25:34

c 1 Kin. 14:10; 21:21; 2 Kin. 9:8

a Josh. 15:18; Judg. 1:14

1 speak to you

1 pay attention to

2 Lit. Fool

a 2 Kin. 2:2

b Gen. 20:6; 1 Sam. 25:33

c [Rom. 12:19]

d 2 Sam. 18:32

1 Lit. saving yourself

a Gen. 33:11; 1 Sam. 30:26; 2 Kin. 5:15

a 2 Sam. 7:11–16, 27; 1 Kin. 9:5; 1 Chr. 17:10, 25

b 1 Sam. 18:17

c 1 Sam. 24:11; Ps. 7:3

a [Ps. 66:9; Col. 3:3]

b Jer. 10:18

a 1 Sam. 13:14; 15:28

a Gen. 24:27; Ex. 18:10; 1 Kin. 1:48; Ps. 41:13; 72:18; 106:48; Luke 1:68

a 1 Sam. 25:26

a 1 Sam. 25:26

b 1 Sam. 25:22

a 1 Sam. 20:42; 2 Sam. 15:9; 2 Kin. 5:19; Luke 7:50; 8:48

b Gen. 19:21

a 2 Sam. 13:28; Prov. 20:1; Is. 5:11; Dan. 5:1; [Hos. 4:11]

a 1 Sam. 26:10; 2 Sam. 6:7; Ps. 104:29

a 1 Sam. 25:32

b 1 Sam. 24:15; Prov. 22:23

c 1 Sam. 25:26, 34

d 1 Kin. 2:44

a [Prov. 15:33]; Luke 7:38, 44

1 Lit. with five of her maidens at her feet

a Josh. 15:56

b 1 Sam. 27:3; 30:5

a 1 Sam. 18:20; 2 Sam. 3:14

b Is. 10:30

1 Paltiel, 2 Sam. 3:15

CHAPTER 26

a 1 Sam. 23:19; Ps. 54:title

a 1 Sam. 13:2; 24:2

a 1 Sam. 14:50, 51; 17:55

a 1 Chr. 2:16

b 2 Sam. 2:13

c Judg. 7:10, 11

d 2 Sam. 2:18, 24

a 1 Sam. 24:4

1 Or one time

a 1 Sam. 24:6, 7; 2 Sam. 1:14, 16

* See WW at Num. 14:18.

a [Deut. 32:35]; 1 Sam. 25:26, 38; [Luke 18:7; Rom. 12:19; Heb. 10:30]

b Gen. 47:29; Deut. 31:14; [Job 7:1; 14:5]; Ps. 37:13

c 1 Sam. 31:6

a 1 Sam. 24:6–12; [Rom. 12:17, 19]

a Gen. 2:21; 15:12; Is. 29:10

a 1 Sam. 24:16

a 1 Sam. 24:9, 11–14

a 2 Sam. 16:11; 24:1

b Deut. 4:27, 28

c 2 Sam. 14:16; 20:19

a 1 Sam. 24:14

a Ex. 9:27; 1 Sam. 15:24, 30; 24:17; 2 Sam. 12:13

a 1 Sam. 24:19; Ps. 7:8; 18:20; 62:12

b 2 Sam. 22:21

* See WW at Prov. 28:20.

a Gen. 32:28; 1 Sam. 24:20

CHAPTER 27

1 despair of searching for

a 1 Sam. 25:13

b 1 Sam. 21:10; 1 Kin. 2:39

a 1 Sam. 25:42, 43

a Josh. 15:31; 19:5; 1 Chr. 12:1; Neh. 11:28

a 1 Sam. 29:3

1 Lit. the number of days

a Josh. 13:2, 13

b Josh. 16:10; Judg. 1:29

c Ex. 17:8, 16; 1 Sam. 15:7, 8

d Gen. 25:18; Ex. 15:22

1 Or Gezrites

2 ancient times

1 Lit. struck

a 1 Chr. 2:9, 25

b Judg. 1:16

CHAPTER 28

a 1 Sam. 29:1, 2

a 1 Sam. 25:1

b 1 Sam. 1:19

c Ex. 22:18; Lev. 19:31; 20:27; Deut. 18:10, 11; 1 Sam. 15:23; 28:9

a Josh. 19:18; 1 Sam. 28:4; 1 Kin. 1:3; 2 Kin. 4:8

b 1 Sam. 31:1

a Job 18:11; [Is. 57:20]

a 1 Sam. 14:37; Prov. 1:28; Lam. 2:9

b Num. 12:6; Joel 2:28

c Ex. 28:30; Num. 27:21; Deut. 33:8

a 1 Chr. 10:13

a Deut. 18:10, 11; 1 Chr. 10:13; Is. 8:19

a 1 Sam. 28:3

a Ex. 22:28; Ps. 138:1

1 Heb. elohim

a 1 Sam. 15:27; 2 Kin. 2:8, 13

a Is. 14:9

b 1 Sam. 16:14; 18:12

c 1 Sam. 28:6

a 1 Sam. 15:28

1 Or him, i.e., David

a 1 Sam. 13:9–13; 15:1–26; 1 Kin. 20:42; 1 Chr. 10:13; Jer. 48:10

b 1 Sam. 15:3–9

a 1 Sam. 31:1–6; Job 3:17–19

a Judg. 12:3; 1 Sam. 19:5; Job 13:14

CHAPTER 29

a 1 Sam. 28:1

b Josh. 12:18; 19:30; 1 Sam. 4:1; 1 Kin. 20:30

a 1 Sam. 6:4; 7:7

b 1 Sam. 28:1, 2

1 passed on in the rear

a 1 Sam. 27:7

b 1 Sam. 27:1–6; 1 Chr. 12:19, 20; Dan. 6:5

a 1 Sam. 27:6

b 1 Sam. 14:21

c 1 Sam. 29:9

d 1 Chr. 12:19, 20

a 1 Sam. 21:11

b 1 Sam. 18:7

a 2 Sam. 3:25; 2 Kin. 19:27

b 1 Sam. 29:3

a 2 Sam. 14:17, 20; 19:27

b 1 Sam. 29:4

a 1 Chr. 12:19, 22

1 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX adds and go to the place which I have selected for you there; and set no bothersome word in your heart, for you are good before me. And rise on your way

a 2 Sam. 4:4

CHAPTER 30

a 1 Sam. 27:6

b 1 Sam. 15:7; 27:8

a 1 Sam. 27:2, 3

a 1 Sam. 25:42, 43

a Ex. 17:4; John 8:59

b 1 Sam. 23:16; Is. 25:4; Hab. 3:17–19

1 Lit. bitter

* See WW at Josh. 1:9.

a 1 Sam. 23:2–9

b 1 Sam. 23:6

a 1 Sam. 23:2, 4; Ps. 50:15; 91:15

a 1 Sam. 30:9, 21

a 1 Sam. 25:18; 1 Kin. 20:7

b Judg. 15:19; 1 Sam. 14:27

a 2 Sam. 8:18; 1 Kin. 1:38, 44; Ezek. 25:16; Zeph. 2:5

b Josh. 14:13; 15:13

a Deut. 23:15

a 1 Thess. 5:3

* See WW at Ex. 23:14.

a 1 Sam. 30:8

a 1 Sam. 30:10

1 asked them concerning their welfare

a Deut. 13:13; Judg. 19:22

1 Lit. men of Belial

a Num. 31:27; Josh. 22:8

* See WW at Neh. 9:13.

1 booty

a Josh. 19:8

b Josh. 15:48; 21:14

a Josh. 13:16

b 1 Chr. 27:27

c Josh. 15:50

a 1 Sam. 27:10

b Judg. 1:16; 1 Sam. 15:6; 27:10

a Num. 14:45; 21:3; Josh. 12:14; 15:30; 19:4; Judg. 1:17

1 Or Borashan

a Num. 13:22; Josh. 14:13–15; 21:11–13; 2 Sam. 2:1

b 1 Sam. 23:22

CHAPTER 31

a 1 Chr. 10:1–12

b 1 Sam. 28:4

a 1 Sam. 14:49; 1 Chr. 8:33

a 2 Sam. 1:6

1 Lit. found him

a Judg. 9:54; 1 Chr. 10:4

b Judg. 14:3; 1 Sam. 14:6; 17:26, 36

c 2 Sam. 1:14

d 2 Sam. 1:6, 10

1 torture

a Judg. 16:23, 24; 2 Sam. 1:20

a 1 Sam. 21:9

b Judg. 2:13; 1 Sam. 7:3

c 2 Sam. 21:12

d Judg. 1:27

1 Beth Shean, Josh. 17:11

a 1 Sam. 11:1–13

a 1 Sam. 11:1–11; 2 Sam. 2:4–7

b 2 Chr. 16:14; Jer. 34:5; Amos 6:10

a 2 Sam. 2:4, 5; 21:12–14

b Gen. 50:10