1 Samuel 2:28
Context2:28 I chose your ancestor 1 from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor’s house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites.
1 Samuel 17:25
Context17:25 The men of Israel said, “Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so 2 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 28:19
Context28:19 The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! 3 Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. 4 The Lord will also hand the army 5 of Israel over to the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 31:7
Context31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.


[2:28] 1 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Eli’s ancestor, i.e., Aaron) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[17:25] 2 tn Heb “he is coming up.”
[28:19] 3 tn Heb “And the
[28:19] 4 tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the LXX has here “and tomorrow you and your sons with you will fall.”