2:27 A man of God came to Eli and said to him, “This is what the Lord says: ‘Did I not plainly 1 reveal myself to your ancestor’s 2 house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh?
27:8 Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach 4 to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)
1 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
2 tn Heb “to your father’s” (also in vv. 28, 30).
3 tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”
4 tn Heb “from where you come.”