1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice ¹  that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. ² 

1 Samuel 10:19

10:19 But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, “No! ³  Appoint a king over us.” Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.’”

1 Samuel 12:14

12:14 If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him ⁴  and not rebelling against what he says, ⁵  and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well. ⁶ 

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

[6:5]  ² tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”

[10:19]  ³ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading לֹא (lo’, “not”) rather than the MT לוֹ (lo; “to him”). Some witnesses combine the variants, resulting in a conflated text. For example, a few medieval Hebrew mss have לֹא לוֹ (lo lo’; “to him, ‘No.’”). A few others have לֹא לִי (li lo’; “to me, ‘No.’”).

[12:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you listen to his voice.”

[12:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” So also in v. 15.

[12:14]  ⁷ tn The words “all will be well” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.