1 Samuel 2:8
Konteks2:8 He lifts the weak 1 from the dust;
he raises 2 the poor from the ash heap
to seat them with princes
and to bestow on them an honored position. 3
The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,
and he has placed the world on them.
1 Samuel 28:1
Konteks28:1 In those days the Philistines gathered their troops 4 for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, “You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.” 5
[2:8] 1 tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”
[2:8] 2 tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.
[2:8] 3 tn Heb “a seat of honor.”
[28:1] 4 tn Heb “their camps.”
[28:1] 5 tc The translation follows the LXX (εἰς πόλεμον, eis polemon) and a Qumran