1 Samuel 3:17

3:17 Eli ¹  said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely ²  if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”

1 Samuel 7:6

7:6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed ³  there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led ⁴  the people of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ⁵  from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

1 Samuel 9:26

9:26 They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get up, so I can send you on your way.” So Saul got up and the two of them – he and Samuel – went outside.

1 Samuel 11:15

11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, where ⁶  they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.

1 Samuel 25:21

25:21 Now David had been thinking, ⁷  “In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn’t take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil.

1 Samuel 26:25

26:25 Saul replied to David, “May you be rewarded, ⁸  my son David! You will without question be successful!” ⁹  So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:17]  ² tn Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement has the force of a curse or warning. One could translate, “May God do to you and thus may he add.”

[7:6]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[7:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

[8:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”

[11:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there in Gilgal.”

[25:21]  ⁹ tn Heb “said.”

[26:25]  ¹¹ tn Heb “blessed.”

[26:25]  ¹² tn Heb “you will certainly do and also you will certainly be able.” The infinitive absolutes placed before the finite verbal forms lend emphasis to the statement.