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 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ³  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ⁴  and our ⁵  people!” The terror ⁶  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ⁸  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

1 Samuel 12:17

12:17 Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves.”

1 Samuel 17:25

17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so ⁹  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.”

[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.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[6:3]  ⁵ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[17:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “he is coming up.”