1 Samuel 2:3

2:3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, ¹ 

letting proud talk come out of your mouth!

For the Lord is a God who knows;

he ²  evaluates what people do.

1 Samuel 2:34

2:34 This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, ³  Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die!

1 Samuel 3:12

3:12 On that day I will carry out ⁴  against Eli everything that I spoke about his house – from start to finish!

1 Samuel 8:22

8:22 The Lord said to Samuel, “Do as they say ⁵  and install a king over them.” Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, “Each of you go back to his own city.”

1 Samuel 13:17

13:17 Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual;

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ⁶  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ⁷  for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 17:32

17:32 David said to Saul, “Don’t let anyone be discouraged. ⁸  Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!”

1 Samuel 20:38

20:38 Jonathan called out to the servant, “Hurry! Go faster! Don’t delay!” Jonathan’s servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master.

1 Samuel 26:9

26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord’s chosen one ⁹  and remain guiltless?”

1 Samuel 28:13

28:13 The king said to her, “Don’t be afraid! What have you seen?” The woman replied to Saul, “I have seen one like a god ¹⁰  coming up from the ground!”

1 Samuel 30:7

30:7 Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

[2:3]  ¹ tn Heb “proudly, proudly.” If MT is original, the repetition of the word is for emphasis, stressing the arrogance of those addressed. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts and some other textual witnesses do not reflect the repetition, suggesting that the Hebrew text may be dittographic.

[2:3]  ² tc The MT (Qere) reads “and by him actions are weighed.” The translation assumes that reading of the Qere וְלוֹ (vÿlo, “and by him”), which is supported by many medieval Hebrew mss, is correct, rather than the reading of the Kethib וְלוֹא (vÿlo’, “and not”).

[2:34]  ³ tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

[3:12]  ⁵ tn Or “fulfill.”

[8:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “listen to their voice.”

[14:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[17:32]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Let not the heart of a man fall upon him.” The LXX reads “my lord,” instead of “a man.”

[26:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).

[28:13]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “gods.” The modifying participle (translated “coming up”) is plural, suggesting that underworld spirits are the referent. But in the following verse Saul understands the plural word to refer to a singular being. The reference is to the spirit of Samuel.