1 Samuel 12:19

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” ¹ 

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ²  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ³  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 25:29

25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag ⁴  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

[12:19]  ¹ tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

[13:13]  ² tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ³ tn Heb “commanded.”

[25:29]  ³ tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”