1 Samuel 15:21

15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:15

15:15 Saul said, “They were brought ¹  from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

1 Samuel 15:30

15:30 Saul ²  again replied, “I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God.”

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.” ³ 

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ⁴  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁵  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 ⁶  of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!

[15:15]  ¹ tn Heb “they brought them.”

[15:30]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

[13:13]  ¹ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ² tn Heb “commanded.”

[25:29]  ¹ tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”