1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us ¹  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 11:10

11:10 The men of Jabesh said, “Tomorrow we will come out to you ²  and you can do with us whatever you wish.” ³ 

1 Samuel 25:9

25:9 So David’s servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David’s name. Then they paused.

1 Samuel 25:12

25:12 So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David ⁴  all these things.

1 Samuel 8:5

8:5 They said to him, “Look, you are old, and your sons don’t follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead ⁵  us, just like all the other nations have.”

1 Samuel 25:30

25:30 The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, ⁶  and he will make ⁷  you a leader over Israel.

1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ⁸  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.

[8:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and go out before us.”

[11:10]  ² tn The second masculine plural forms in this quotation indicate that Nahash and his army are addressed.

[11:10]  ³ tn Heb “according to all that is good in your eyes.”

[25:12]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[8:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “judge” (also in v. 6).

[25:30]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to all which he spoke, the good concerning you.”

[25:30]  ⁶ tn Heb “appoint.”

[8:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”