1 Samuel 2:31

2:31 In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength ¹  and the strength ²  of your father’s house. There will not be an old man in your house!

1 Samuel 14:28

14:28 Then someone from the army informed him, “Your father put the army under a strict oath ³  saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today!’ That is why the army is tired.”

[2:31]  ¹ tn Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.

[2:31]  ² tn Heb “arm.”

[14:28]  ³ tn Heb “your father surely put the army under an oath.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize the solemn nature of the oath.