1 Samuel 3:11

3:11 The Lord said to Samuel, “Look! I am about to do something in Israel; ¹  when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle.

1 Samuel 15:16

15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! ²  Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul ³  said to him, “Tell me.”

1 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Why haven’t you obeyed ⁴  the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord’s estimation.” ⁵ 

[3:11]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “so that” here, formally connecting this clause with the next.

[15:16]  ² tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.

[15:16]  tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “listened to the voice of the Lord.”

[15:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “you have done what is evil in the eyes of the Lord.”