1 Samuel 10:27

But some wicked men ¹  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ² 

De 13:13; 1Sa 2:12; 1Sa 11:12; 2Sa 8:2; 2Sa 20:1; 1Ki 4:21; 1Ki 10:25; 2Ch 13:7; 2Ch 17:5; Ps 38:13; Ps 72:10; Isa 36:21; Mt 2:11; Mt 27:12-14; Ac 7:35,51,52

¹ tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

² tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.