1 Samuel 2:8

2:8 He lifts the weak ¹  from the dust;

he raises ²  the poor from the ash heap

to seat them with princes

and to bestow on them an honored position. ³ 

The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,

and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 17:46

17:46 This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God

1 Samuel 10:14

10:14 Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” Saul ⁴  replied, “To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, ⁵  we went to Samuel.”

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

[2:8]  ² tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

[2:8]  ³ tn Heb “a seat of honor.”

[10:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “And we saw that they were not.”