2:11 Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of 1 Eli the priest.
24:22 David promised Saul this on oath. 4 Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold.
1 tn Heb “with [or “before”] the face of.”
2 tn Or “fulfill.”
3 tn Or perhaps “settled disputes for” (cf. NLT “would hear cases there”; NRSV “administered justice there”).
4 tn Heb “and David swore an oath to Saul.”
5 tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”
6 tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”