1 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. ¹  Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you ²  from the hand of the Philistines.”

1 Samuel 13:13

13:13 Then Samuel said to Saul, “You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed ³  the commandment that the Lord your God gave ⁴  you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever!

1 Samuel 20:31

20:31 For as long as ⁵  this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men ⁶  and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!” ⁷ 

1 Samuel 23:22-23

23:22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely ⁸  where he is ⁹  and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning. 23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ¹⁰  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ¹¹  among all the thousands of Judah.”

[7:3]  ¹ tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural; also in the following verse). The words “images of” are supplied for clarity.

[7:3]  ² tn Following imperatives, the jussive verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[13:13]  ³ tn Or “kept.”

[13:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “commanded.”

[20:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days that.”

[20:31]  ⁶ tn The words “some men” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[20:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “a son of death.”

[23:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “know and see.” The expression is a hendiadys. See also v. 23.

[23:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “his place where his foot is.”

[23:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “established.”

[23:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I will search him out.”