1 Samuel 1:28

1:28 Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they ¹  worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ²  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ³  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁴  Saul at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 28:23

28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ⁵  him to eat, so he gave in. ⁶  He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he,” apparently referring to Samuel (but cf. CEV “Elkanah”). A few medieval manuscripts and some ancient versions take the verb as plural (cf. TEV, NLT).

[13:4]  ² tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[13:4]  ³ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

[13:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “were summoned after.”

[28:23]  ³ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).

[28:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”