Discovery Box1 Samuel 1:1 
ContextHannah Gives Birth to Samuel
1:1 There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, 1 from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite.
1 Samuel 18:30
Context18:30 2 Then the leaders of the Philistines would march out, and as often as they did so, David achieved more success than all of Saul’s servants. His name was held in high esteem.
1 Samuel 20:8
Context20:8 You must be loyal 3 to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord’s name. 4 If I am guilty, 5 you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?”
1 Samuel 21:7
Context21:7 (One of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s shepherds.)
1 tc The translation follows the MT. The LXX reads “a man from Ramathaim, a Zuphite”; this is followed by a number of recent English translations. It is possible the MT reading צוֹפִים (tsofim) arose from dittography of the mem (מ) at the beginning of the following word.
2 tc Verse 30 is absent in most LXX
3 tn Heb “and you must do loyalty.”
4 tn Heb “for into a covenant of the
5 tn Heb “and if there is in me guilt.”
