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 17:55

17:55 ² Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, “Whose son is this young man, Abner?” Abner replied, “As surely as you live, O king, I don’t know.”

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ³  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁴  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ⁵  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 20:21

20:21 When I send a boy after them, I will say, “Go and find the arrows.” If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; ⁶  get them,’ then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem.

1 Samuel 20:31

20:31 For as long as ⁷  this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men ⁸  and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 25:26

25:26 “Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal.

1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 26:16

26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! ¹⁰  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ¹¹  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

[2:15]  ¹ tn Heb “living.”

[17:55]  ² tc Most LXX mss lack 17:55–18:5.

[20:3]  ³ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[20:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “from you and here.”

[20:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days that.”

[20:31]  ⁶ tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “a son of death.”

[26:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”

[26:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “you are sons of death.”