1 Samuel 1:8

1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? ¹  Am I not better to you than ten ²  sons?”

1 Samuel 17:28

17:28 When David’s ³  oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry ⁴  with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! ⁵  You have come down here to watch the battle!”

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

[1:8]  ² sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).

[17:28]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “the anger of Eliab became hot.”

[17:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “the wickedness of your heart.”