1 Samuel 1:28

1:28 Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord.” Then they ¹  worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 2:17

2:17 The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord’s sight, for they ²  treated the Lord’s offering with contempt.

1 Samuel 12:21

12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army ⁴  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against ⁵  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:10

17:10 Then the Philistine said, “I defy Israel’s troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight ⁶  each other!”

1 Samuel 20:35

20:35 The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David.

[1:28]  ¹ tn Heb “he,” apparently referring to Samuel (but cf. CEV “Elkanah”). A few medieval manuscripts and some ancient versions take the verb as plural (cf. TEV, NLT).

[2:17]  ² tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.

[12:21]  ³ tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”

[17:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

[17:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “to meet.”

[17:10]  ⁶ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative verbal form indicates purpose/result here.