Discovery Box1 Samuel 2:3 
Context2:3 Don’t keep speaking so arrogantly, 1
letting proud talk come out of your mouth!
For the Lord is a God who knows;
he 2 evaluates what people do.
1 Samuel 26:24
Context26:24 In the same way that I valued your life this day, 3 may the Lord value my life 4 and deliver me from all danger.”
1 tn Heb “proudly, proudly.” If MT is original, the repetition of the word is for emphasis, stressing the arrogance of those addressed. However, a few medieval Hebrew manuscripts and some other textual witnesses do not reflect the repetition, suggesting that the Hebrew text may be dittographic.
2 tc The MT (Qere) reads “and by him actions are weighed.” The translation assumes that reading of the Qere וְלוֹ (vÿlo, “and by him”), which is supported by many medieval Hebrew
3 tn Heb “your life was great this day in my eyes.”
4 tn Heb “may my life be great in the eyes of the
