1 Samuel 8:20
8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us
1 and fight our battles.”
1 Samuel 11:10
11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you
2 and you can do with us whatever you wish.”
3
1 Samuel 25:9
25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.
1 Samuel 25:12
25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David 4 all these things.
1 Samuel 8:5
8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead
5 us, just like all the other nations have.”
1 Samuel 25:30
25:30 The
Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you,
6 and he will make
7 you a leader over Israel.
1 Samuel 8:8
8:8 Just as they have done
8 from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.
1 tn Heb “and go out before us.”
2 tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.
3 tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”
3 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).
5 tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”
6 tn Heb “appoint.”
6 tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”