1 Samuel 1:11

1:11 She made a vow saying, “O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion ¹  on the suffering of your female servant, ²  remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child ³  to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.” ⁴ 

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ⁵  sword, drew it from its sheath, ⁶  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

[1:11]  ¹ tn Heb “if looking you look.” The expression can refer, as here, to looking favorably upon another, in this case with compassion.

[1:11]  ² tn Heb “handmaid.” The use of this term (translated two more times in this verse and once each in vv. 16, 17 simply as “servant” for stylistic reasons) is an expression of humility.

[1:11]  ³ tn Heb “seed of men.”

[1:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “a razor will not go up upon his head.”

[17:51]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:51]  ⁶ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”