1 Samuel 3:18

3:18 So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli ¹  said, “The Lord will do what he pleases.” ² 

1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ³  crying out to the Lord our ⁴  God so that he may save us ⁵  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.

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

³ tn Heb “don’t stop.”

⁴ tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

⁵ tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.