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. 1 Her face no longer looked sad.
1 Samuel 7:8
7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep 2 crying out to the Lord our 3 God so that he may save us 4 from the hand of the Philistines!”
1 Samuel 11:12
Saul Is Established as King
11:12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”
1 Samuel 12:7
12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you 5 before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. 6
1 Samuel 15:13
15:13 When Samuel came to him, 7 Saul said to him, “May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said.”
1 Samuel 25:33
25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded 8 for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
1 Samuel 26:24
26:24 In the same way that I valued your life this day, 9 may the Lord value my life 10 and deliver me from all danger.”
1 tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “and got something to eat.”
2 tn Heb “don’t stop.”
3 tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”
4 tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.
5 tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”
6 tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”
7 tn Heb “to Saul.”
8 tn Heb “blessed.”
9 tn Heb “your life was great this day in my eyes.”
10 tn Heb “may my life be great in the eyes of the Lord.”