1 Samuel 1:16

1:16 Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman, ¹  for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish.”

1 Samuel 2:24

2:24 This ought not to be, ²  my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.

1 Samuel 15:25

15:25 Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship ³  the Lord.”

1 Samuel 22:12

22:12 Then Saul said, “Listen, son of Ahitub.” He replied, “Here I am, my lord.”

¹ tn Heb “daughter of worthlessness.”

² tn Heb “no.”

³ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.