1 Samuel 12:14

12:14 If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him ¹  and not rebelling against what he says, ²  and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well. ³ 

1 Samuel 14:36

14:36 Saul said, “Let’s go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout ⁴  them until the break of day. ⁵  We won’t leave any of them alive!” ⁶  They replied, “Do whatever seems best to you.” ⁷  But the priest said, “Let’s approach God here.”

1 Samuel 20:2

20:2 Jonathan ⁸  said to him, “By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing ⁹  large or small without making me aware of it. ¹⁰  Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won’t happen!”

[12:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and you listen to his voice.”

[12:14]  ² tn Heb “the mouth of the Lord.” So also in v. 15.

[12:14]  ³ tn The words “all will be well” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[14:36]  ⁴ tn Heb “plunder.”

[14:36]  ⁵ tn Heb “until the light of the morning.”

[14:36]  ⁶ tn Heb “and there will not be left among them a man.”

[14:36]  ⁷ tn Heb “all that is good in your eyes.” So also in v. 40.

[20:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁹ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading “he will not do,” rather than the Kethib of the MT (“do to him”).

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “without uncovering my ear.”