1 Samuel 1:10

1:10 She was very upset ¹  as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably. ² 

1 Samuel 25:29

25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag ³  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

1 Samuel 22:2

22:2 All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented ⁴  gathered around ⁵  him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him.

1 Samuel 22:22

22:22 Then David said to Abiathar, “I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty ⁶  of all the deaths in your father’s house!

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ⁷  were thinking of stoning him; ⁸  each man grieved bitterly ⁹  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

¹ tn Heb “she [was in] bitterness of soul.”

² tn Heb “and weeping, she was weeping.” The infinitive absolute emphasizes the extent of her sorrow. The imperfect verbal form emphasizes the continuation of the action in past time.

³ tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”

⁵ tn Heb “bitter of soul.”

⁶ tn Heb “to.”

⁷ tc The translation follows the LXX, which reads “I am guilty,” rather than the MT, which has “I have turned.”

⁹ tn Heb “people.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”