1:17 Eli replied, “Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him.”
12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done 1 everything you requested. 2 I have given you a king. 3
21:4 The priest replied to David, “I don’t have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers 4 have abstained from sexual relations with women.” 5
1 tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”
2 tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”
3 tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”
4 tn Heb “servants.”
5 tn Heb “have kept themselves from women” (so NASB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “haven’t had sexual relations recently”; NLT “have not slept with any women recently.”