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 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. ²  Samuel then said, ³  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

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

[9:27]  ² tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

[9:27]  ³ tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.