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 22:1

David Goes to Adullam and Mizpah

22:1 So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s family ³  learned about it, they went down there to him.

1 Samuel 22:11

22:11 Then the king arranged for a meeting with the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all the priests of his father’s house who were at Nob. They all came to the king.

1 Samuel 24:21

24:21 So now swear to me in the Lord’s name ⁴  that you will not kill ⁵  my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father.”

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

[2:31]  ² tn Heb “arm.”

[22:1]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[24:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “by the Lord.”

[24:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “cut off.”