1 Samuel 1:13

1:13 Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk.

1 Samuel 1:17

1:17 Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”

1 Samuel 2:11

2:11 Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of ¹  Eli the priest.

1 Samuel 3:1

The Call of Samuel

3:1 Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli’s supervision. ²  Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent.

1 Samuel 3:5

3:5 Then he ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli ³  said, “I didn’t call you. Go back and lie down.” So he went back and lay down.

1 Samuel 3:12

3:12 On that day I will carry out ⁴  against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish!

1 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord’s house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision.

1 Samuel 4:14

4:14 When Eli heard the outcry, ⁵  he said, “What is this commotion?” ⁶  The man quickly came and told Eli.

1 Samuel 4:16

4:16 The man said to Eli, “I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!” Eli ⁷  asked, “How did things go, my son?”

1 Samuel 21:15

21:15 Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?”

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back ⁸  to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you ⁹  and responded favorably.” ¹⁰ 

¹ tn Heb “with [or “before”] the face of.”

¹ tn Heb “before Eli.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Or “fulfill.”

¹ tn Heb “the sound of the cry.”

² tn Heb “the sound of this commotion.”

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹ tn Heb “up.”

² tn Heb “your voice.”

³ tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”