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 2 asked, “How did things go, my son?”
14:40 Then he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul, “Do whatever you think is best.”
16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 4 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 5 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 6
1 tn Heb “when I see.”
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”
1 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
2 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
3 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”
1 tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”
2 tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”