1 Samuel 1:12

1:12 As she continued praying to ¹  the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth.

1 Samuel 2:3

2:3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, ² 

letting proud talk come out of your mouth!

For the Lord is a God who knows;

he ³  evaluates what people do.

1 Samuel 7:2

Further Conflict with the Philistines

7:2 It was quite a long time – some twenty years in all – that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people ⁴  of Israel longed for ⁵  the Lord.

1 Samuel 14:30

14:30 Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies’ provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?”

1 Samuel 25:10

25:10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!

1 Samuel 26:21

26:21 Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won’t harm you, for you treated my life with value ⁶  this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!” ⁷ 

¹ tc Heb “before.” Many medieval Hebrew manuscripts read “to.”

² tn Heb “proudly, proudly.” If MT is original, the repetition of the word is for emphasis, stressing the arrogance of those addressed. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts and some other textual witnesses do not reflect the repetition, suggesting that the Hebrew text may be dittographic.

³ tc The MT (Qere) reads “and by him actions are weighed.” The translation assumes that reading of the Qere וְלוֹ (vÿlo, “and by him”), which is supported by many medieval Hebrew mss, is correct, rather than the reading of the Kethib וְלוֹא (vÿlo’, “and not”).

³ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

⁴ tn Heb “mourned after”; NIV “mourned and sought after”; KJV, NRSV “lamented after”; NAB “turned to”; NCV “began to follow…again.”

⁴ tn Heb “my life was valuable in your eyes.”

⁵ tn Heb “and I have erred very greatly.”