1 Samuel 2:15

2:15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest’s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, “Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t take boiled meat from you, but only raw.” ¹ 

1 Samuel 10:18

10:18 He said to the Israelites, “This is what the Lord God of Israel says, ‘I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power ²  of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.

1 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost ³  that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted ⁴  all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”

1 Samuel 18:8

18:8 This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, ⁵  “They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?”

[2:15]  ¹ tn Heb “living.”

[10:18]  ² tn Heb “hand” (also later in this verse).

[13:3]  ³ tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “blew the ram’s horn in.”

[18:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “said.” So also in vv. 11, 17.