1 Samuel 8:1

Israel Seeks a King

8:1 In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

1 Samuel 30:25

30:25 From that time onward it was a binding ordinance ¹  for Israel, right up to the present time.

1 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Here is what the Lord of hosts says: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed ²  Israel along the way when Israel ³  came up from Egypt.

1 Samuel 7:14

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ⁴  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

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

[30:25]  ¹ tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[15:2]  ¹ tn Heb “what Amalek did to Israel, how he placed against him.”

[15:2]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”