1 Samuel 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. Samuel then said, “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors.

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king.

1 Samuel 22:16

22:16 But the king said, “You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father’s house!


tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”