1 Samuel 2:23-24
Context2:23 He said to them, “Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these 1 people. 2:24 This ought not to be, 2 my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord’s people is not good.
1 Samuel 15:14
Context15:14 Samuel replied, “If that is the case, 3 then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?”
1 tc For “these” the LXX has “of the Lord” (κυρίου, kuriou), perhaps through the influence of the final phrase of v. 24 (“the people of the
2 tn Heb “no.”
3 tn The words “if that is the case” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.