1 Samuel 2:16

2:16 If the individual said to him, “First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish,” he would say, “No! ¹  Hand it over right now! If you don’t, I will take it forcibly!”

1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ²  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ³  and our ⁴  people!” The terror ⁵  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ⁷  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ⁸  the mediums and magicians ⁹  from the land! Why are you trapping me ¹⁰  so you can put me to death?”

[2:16]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss (“no”) rather than the Kethib and MT, which read “to him.”

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[6:3]  ⁷ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[28:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

[28:9]  ⁹ tn See the note at v. 3.

[28:9]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “my life.”