1 Samuel 3:17

3:17 Eli ¹  said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely ²  if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”

1 Samuel 13:4

13:4 All Israel heard this message, ³  “Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive ⁴  to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join ⁵  Saul at Gilgal.

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¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement has the force of a curse or warning. One could translate, “May God do to you and thus may he add.”

³ tn The words “this message” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “stinks.” The figurative language indicates that Israel had become repulsive to the Philistines.

⁵ tn Heb “were summoned after.”