1 Samuel 8:21

8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. ¹ 

1 Samuel 9:15

9:15 Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told ²  Samuel:

1 Samuel 15:14

15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, ³  then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”

¹ tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “uncovered the ear of.”

³ tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.