1 Samuel 2:13

2:13 Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: 1  Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest’s attendant would come with a three-pronged fork 2  in his hand.

1 Samuel 2:19

2:19 His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him at regular intervals when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice.

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 15:21-22

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.”

15:22 Then Samuel said,

“Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices

as much as he does in obedience? 4 

Certainly, 5  obedience 6  is better than sacrifice;

paying attention is better than 7  the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 16:2

16:2 Samuel replied, “How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!” But the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you 8  and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’

1 Samuel 20:6

20:6 If your father happens to miss me, you should say, ‘David urgently requested me to let him go 9  to his city Bethlehem, 10  for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.’

1 tn Heb “the habit of the priests with the people [was this].”

2 sn The Hebrew word occurs only twice in the OT, here and again in v. 14. Its exact meaning is not entirely clear, although from the context it appears to be a sacrificial tool used for retrieving things from boiling water.

3 tn Heb “they brought them.”

4 tn Heb “as [in] listening to the voice of the Lord.”

5 tn Heb “look.”

6 tn Heb “listening.”

7 tn The expression “is better” is understood here by ellipsis (see the immediately preceding statement).

8 tn Heb “in your hand.”

9 tn Heb “to run.”

10 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.