1 Samuel 2:32
Context2:32 You will see trouble in my dwelling place! 1 Israel will experience blessings, 2 but there will not be an old man in your 3 house for all time. 4
Psalms 78:61
Context78:61 He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; 5
he gave the symbol of his splendor 6 into the hand of the enemy. 7


[2:32] 1 tn Heb “you will see [the] trouble of [the] dwelling place.” Since God’s dwelling place/sanctuary is in view, the pronoun is supplied in the translation (see v. 29).
[2:32] 2 tn Heb “in all which he does good with Israel.”
[2:32] 3 tc The LXX and a Qumran manuscript have the first person pronoun “my” here.
[2:32] 4 tn Heb “all the days.”
[78:61] 5 tn Heb “and he gave to captivity his strength.” The expression “his strength” refers metonymically to the ark of the covenant, which was housed in the tabernacle at Shiloh.
[78:61] 6 tn Heb “and his splendor into the hand of an enemy.” The expression “his splendor” also refers metonymically to the ark of the covenant.
[78:61] 7 sn Verses 60-61 refer to the Philistines’ capture of the ark in the days of Eli (1 Sam 4:1-11).