1 Samuel 1:23

1:23 So her husband Elkanah said to her, “Do what you think best. 1  Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise.” 2 

So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

1 Samuel 14:40

14:40 Then he said to all Israel, “You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side.” The army replied to Saul, “Do whatever you think is best.”

1 Samuel 15:15

15:15 Saul said, “They were brought 3  from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

1 Samuel 15:21

15:21 But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle – the best of what was to be slaughtered – to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.”

1 tn Heb “what is good in your eyes.”

2 tn Heb “establish his word.” This apparently refers to the promise inherent in Eli’s priestly blessing (see v. 17).

3 tn Heb “they brought them.”