1 Samuel 12:15

12:15 But if you don’t obey ¹  the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king. ² 

1 Samuel 14:10

14:10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”

1 Samuel 17:9

17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”

1 Samuel 20:7

20:7 If he should then say, ‘That’s fine,’ ³  then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 24:21

24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ⁵  that you will not kill ⁶  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

[12:15]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to the voice of.”

[12:15]  ² tc The LXX reads “your king” rather than the MT’s “your fathers.” The latter makes little sense here. Some follow MT, but translate “as it was against your fathers.” See P. K. McCarter, 1 Samuel (AB), 212.

[20:7]  ³ tn Heb “good.”

[20:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “know that the evil is completed from with him.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “cut off.”