1 Samuel 2:17

2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they 1  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 6:6

6:6 Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? 2  When God 3  treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way? 4 

1 Samuel 24:17-18

24:17 He said to David, “You are more innocent 5  than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you! 24:18 You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me.

1 tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.

2 tn Heb “like Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their heart.”

3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

4 tn Heb “and they sent them away and they went.”

5 tn Or “righteous” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “you are in the right”; NLT “are a better man than I am.”