1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ¹  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.

1 Samuel 12:10

12:10 Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, ²  ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. ³  Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.’ ⁴ 

1 Samuel 30:13

30:13 David said to him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” The young man said, “I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days.

1 Samuel 31:7

31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”

[12:10]  ² tn Heb “and said.”

[12:10]  ³ tn Heb “the Ashtarot” (plural). The words “images of” are supplied in both vv. 3 and 4 for clarity.

[12:10]  ⁴ tn After the imperative, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.