1 Samuel 8:16
8:16 He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.
1 Samuel 12:7
12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you 1 before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. 2
1 Samuel 17:17-18
17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly 3 to the camp to your brothers.
17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. 4 Find out how your brothers are doing 5 and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. 6
1 Samuel 20:40
20:40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”
1 tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”
2 tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”
3 tn Heb “run.”
4 tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”
5 tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”
6 tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”