1 Samuel 1:18

1:18 She said, “May I, your servant, find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad.

1 Samuel 2:17

2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.


tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “and got something to eat.”

tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.