1 Samuel 1:8
Konteks1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? 1 Am I not better to you than ten 2 sons?”
1 Samuel 2:1
Konteks“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
my horn 4 is exalted high because of the Lord.
I loudly denounce 5 my enemies,
for I am happy that you delivered me. 6
1 Samuel 3:14
Konteks3:14 Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, ‘The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.’”
1 Samuel 12:7
Konteks12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you 7 before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. 8
1 Samuel 25:33
Konteks25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded 9 for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!
[1:8] 1 tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”
[1:8] 2 sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).
[2:1] 3 tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.
[2:1] 4 sn Horns of animals have always functioned as both offensive and defensive weapons for them. As a figure of speech the horn is therefore often used in the Bible as a symbol of human strength (see also in v. 10). The allusion in v. 1 to the horn being lifted high suggests a picture of an animal elevating its head in a display of strength or virility.
[2:1] 5 tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”
[2:1] 6 tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”
[12:7] 7 tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”
[12:7] 8 tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”