1 Samuel 3:18

3:18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.”

1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep crying out to the Lord our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 9:2

9:2 He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people.


tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

tn Heb “don’t stop.”

tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.