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 16:4-5

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. 1  When he arrived in Bethlehem, 2  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They 3  said, “Do you come in peace?” 16:5 He replied, “Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 17:18

17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. 4  Find out how your brothers are doing 5  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. 6 

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, 7  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ 8  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. 9 

1 Samuel 25:5

25:5 he 10  sent ten servants, 11  saying to them, 12  “Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. 13 

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back 14  to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you 15  and responded favorably.” 16 

1 tn Heb “said.”

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3 tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).

1 tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

2 tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

3 tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”

1 tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”

1 tn Heb “good.”

2 tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

1 tn Heb “David”; for stylistic reasons the pronoun has been used in the translation.

2 tn Or “young men.”

3 tn Heb “and David said to the young men.”

4 tn Heb “and inquire concerning him in my name in regard to peace.”

1 tn Heb “up.”

2 tn Heb “your voice.”

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