1 Samuel 1:19

1:19 They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with ¹  his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered ²  her.

1 Samuel 2:14

2:14 He would jab it into the basin, kettle, caldron, or pot, and everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all the Israelites ³  when they came there to Shiloh.

1 Samuel 12:10

12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, ⁴  ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. ⁵  Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ ⁶ 

1 Samuel 12:14

12:14 If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him ⁷  and not rebelling against what he says, ⁸  and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 12:20

12:20 Then Samuel said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. You have indeed sinned. ¹⁰  However, don’t turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart.

1 Samuel 15:23

15:23 For rebellion is like the sin of divination,

and presumption is like the evil of idolatry.

Because you have rejected the word of the Lord,

he has rejected you as ¹¹  king.”

[1:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Elkanah knew his wife.” The Hebrew expression is a euphemism for sexual relations.

[1:19]  ² sn The Lord “remembered” her in the sense of granting her earlier request for a child. The Hebrew verb is often used in the OT for considering the needs or desires of people with favor and kindness.

[2:14]  ³ tn Heb “to all Israel.”

[12:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and said.”

[12:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.

[12:10]  ⁷ tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[12:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and you listen to his voice.”

[12:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” So also in v. 15.

[12:14]  ⁹ tn The words “all will be well” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[12:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “you have done all this evil.”

[15:23]  ¹¹ tn Or “from [being].”