1 Samuel 12:3

12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. ¹  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, ²  and I will return it to you!”

1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you ³  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 12:2

12:2 Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day.

1 Samuel 2:14

2:14 He would jab it into the basin, kettle, caldron, or pot, and everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all the Israelites ⁵  when they came there to Shiloh.

¹ tn Heb “anointed [one].”

² tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

⁴ tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

⁵ tn Heb “to all Israel.”