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. ¹  Samuel then said, ²  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ³  them until the break of day. ⁴  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁵  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁶  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 17:28

17:28 When David’s ⁷  oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry ⁸  with David and said, “Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! ⁹  You have come down here to watch the battle!”

[9:27]  ¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

[9:27]  ² tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[14:36]  ³ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[17:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:28]  ⁶ tn Heb “the anger of Eliab became hot.”

[17:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “the wickedness of your heart.”