1 Samuel 2:16
2:16 If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No!
1 Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”
1 Samuel 16:1
Samuel Anoints David as King
16:1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. 2 Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, 3 for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons.” 4
1 Samuel 20:12
20:12 Jonathan said to David, “The
Lord God of Israel is my witness.
5 I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know?
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1 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the Kethib and MT, which read “to him.”
2 tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation includes the following words: “And the Lord said to Samuel.”
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.
4 tn Heb “for I have seen among his sons for me a king.”
3 tc The Hebrew text has simply “the Lord God of Israel.” On the basis of the Syriac version, many reconstruct the text to read “[is] my witness,” which may have fallen out of the text by homoioarcton (an error which is entirely possible if עֵד, ’ed, “witness,” immediately followed ַָדוִד, “David,” in the original text).
4 tn Heb “and uncover your ear.”