1 Samuel 3:6

3:6 The Lord again called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” But Eli ¹  said, “I didn’t call you, my son. Go back and lie down.”

1 Samuel 3:8

3:8 Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me!” Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy.

1 Samuel 3:17

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

1 Samuel 9:8

9:8 The servant went on to answer Saul, “Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel ⁴  of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go.” ⁵ 

1 Samuel 12:19

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” ⁶ 

1 Samuel 15:35

15:35 Until the day he ⁷  died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 20:13

20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know ⁸  and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. ⁹  May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.

[3:6]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:17]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[3:17]  ³ 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.”

[9:8]  ³ sn A quarter shekel of silver would weigh about a tenth of an ounce (about 3 grams).

[9:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “our way.”

[12:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

[15:35]  ⁵ tn That is, Samuel.

[20:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “uncover your ear.”

[20:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “in peace.”