1 Samuel 1:3

1:3 Year after year ¹  this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord’s priests.

1 Samuel 2:15

2:15 Even before they burned the fat, the priest’s attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, “Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won’t take boiled meat from you, but only raw.” ² 

1 Samuel 2:25

2:25 If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?” But Eli’s sons ³  would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided ⁴  to kill them.

1 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say ⁵  that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve ⁶  me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! ⁷  For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!

1 Samuel 12:3

12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. ⁸  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, ⁹  and I will return it to you!”

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ¹⁰  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ¹¹  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 19:5

19:5 He risked his life ¹²  when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?”

1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 27:11

27:11 Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, “This way they can’t tell on us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” Such was his practice the entire time ¹³  that he lived in the country of the Philistines.

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¹ tn Heb “from days to days.”

² tn Heb “living.”

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Eli’s sons) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “desired.”

⁵ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

⁶ tn Heb “walk about before.”

⁷ tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”

⁸ tn Heb “anointed [one].”

⁹ tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

¹¹ tn Or “entrenchment.”

¹² tn Heb “and he put his life into his hand.”

¹³ tn Heb “all the days.”