1 Samuel 2:25

2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons ¹  would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided ²  to kill them.

1 Samuel 14:34

14:34 Then Saul said, “Scatter out among the army and say to them, ‘Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don’t sin against the Lord by eating the blood.” So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:12

17:12 ⁴ Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem ⁵  in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 17:25

17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so ⁷  to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father’s house exempt from tax obligations in Israel.”

1 Samuel 23:26

23:26 Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them.

[2:25]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:25]  ² tn Heb “desired.”

[14:34]  ³ tn Heb “and all the army brought near, each his ox by his hand, and they slaughtered there.”

[17:12]  ⁵ tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.

[17:12]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:12]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”

[17:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “he is coming up.”