2:26 Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.
6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land 2 of the Philistines for seven months, 3
7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”
8:10 So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king.
12:16 “So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight.
16:6 When they arrived, Samuel 4 noticed 5 Eliab and said to himself, 6 “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!” 7
16:8 Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. 8 But Samuel 9 said, “The Lord has not chosen this one, either.”
1 tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”
2 tn Heb “field.”
3 tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “saw.”
6 tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).
7 tn Heb “his anointed one.”
8 tn Heb “and caused him to pass before.”
9 tn Heb “he” (also in v. 9); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10 tc Heb “the
11 tn Heb “may he smell.” The implication is that Saul should seek to appease God, for such divine instigation to evil would a sign of God’s disfavor. For a fuller discussion of this passage see R. B. Chisholm, Jr., “Does God Deceive?” BSac 155 (1998): 19-21.
12 tn Heb “but if the sons of men.”