1 Samuel 1:22

1:22 but Hannah did not go up with them. ¹  Instead she told her husband, “Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on.”

1 Samuel 2:1

Hannah Exalts the Lord in Prayer

2:1 Hannah prayed, ² 

“My heart rejoices in the Lord;

my horn ³  is exalted high because of the Lord.

I loudly denounce ⁴  my enemies,

for I am happy that you delivered me. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 6:6

6:6 Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? ⁶  When God ⁷  treated them harshly, didn’t the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way? ⁸ 

1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ⁹  crying out to the Lord our ¹⁰  God so that he may save us ¹¹  from the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 9:5

9:5 When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, “Come on, let’s head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!”

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ¹²  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ¹³ 

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ¹⁴  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 20:22

20:22 But if I say to the boy, “Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,’ ¹⁵  get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away.

1 Samuel 20:37

20:37 When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to ¹⁶  the servant, “Isn’t the arrow further beyond you?”

1 Samuel 23:2

23:2 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 23:5

23:5 So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. ¹⁷  David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

[1:22]  ¹ tn The disjunctive clause is contrastive here. The words “with them” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[2:1]  ² tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.

[2:1]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”

[2:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”

[6:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “like Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their heart.”

[6:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “and they sent them away and they went.”

[7:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “don’t stop.”

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

[7:8]  ¹¹ tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[10:27]  ¹² tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ¹³ 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.

[20:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:22]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “from you and onward.”

[20:37]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “called after” (also in v. 38).

[23:5]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and struck them down with a great blow.”