1 Samuel 7:5

7:5 Then Samuel said, “Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf.”

Keluaran 32:30

32:30 The next day Moses said to the people, ¹  “You have committed a very serious sin, ²  but now I will go up to the Lord – perhaps I can make atonement ³  on behalf of your sin.”

Bilangan 21:7

21:7 Then the people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away ⁴  the snakes from us.” So Moses prayed for the people.

Bilangan 21:1

Victory at Hormah

21:1 ⁵ When the Canaanite king of Arad ⁶  who lived in the Negev ⁷  heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner.

1 Samuel 12:19

12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 12:23

12:23 As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright.

1 Samuel 12:1

12:1 Samuel said to all Israel, “I have done ⁹  everything you requested. ¹⁰  I have given you a king. ¹¹ 

1 Raja-raja 18:24

18:24 Then you ¹²  will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God.” ¹³  All the people responded, “This will be a fair test.” ¹⁴ 

Yesaya 37:4

37:4 Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. ¹⁵  When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. ¹⁶  So pray for this remnant that remains.’” ¹⁷ 

Yeremia 15:1

15:1 Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for ¹⁸  these people, I would not feel pity for them! ¹⁹  Get them away from me! Tell them to go away! ²⁰ 

[32:30]  ¹ tn Heb “and it was on the morrow and Moses said to the people.”

[32:30]  ² tn The text uses a cognate accusative: “you have sinned a great sin.”

[32:30]  ³ tn The form אֲכַפְּרָה (’akhappÿrah) is a Piel cohortative/imperfect. Here with only a possibility of being successful, a potential imperfect nuance works best.

[21:7]  ⁴ tn The verb is the Hiphil jussive with a vav (ו) consecutive from the verb סוּר (sur); after the imperative this form may be subordinated to become a purpose clause.

[21:1]  ⁵ sn This chapter has several events in it: the victory over Arad (vv. 1-3), the plague of serpents (vv. 4-9), the approach to Moab (vv. 10-20), and the victory over Sihon and Og (vv. 21-35). For information, see D. M. Gunn, “The ‘Battle Report’: Oral or Scribal Convention.” JBL 93 (1974): 513-18; and of the extensive literature on the archaeological site, see EAEHL 1:74-89.

[21:1]  ⁶ sn The name Arad probably refers to a place a number of miles away from Tel Arad in southern Israel. The name could also refer to the whole region (like Edom).

[21:1]  ⁷ tn Or “the south”; “Negev” has become a technical name for the southern desert region and is still in use in modern times.

[12:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”

[12:1]  ⁹ tn Heb “Look, I have listened to your voice.”

[12:1]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to all which you said to me.”

[12:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and I have installed a king over you.”

[18:24]  ¹² tn Elijah now directly addresses the prophets.

[18:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “the God.”

[18:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “The matter [i.e., proposal] is good [i.e., acceptable].”

[37:4]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “all the words of the chief adviser whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to taunt the living God.”

[37:4]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and rebuke the words which the Lord your God hears.”

[37:4]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.”

[15:1]  ¹⁸ tn The words “pleading for” have been supplied in the translation to explain the idiom (a metonymy). For parallel usage see BDB 763 s.v. עָמַד Qal.1.a and compare usage in Gen 19:27, Deut 4:10.

[15:1]  sn Moses and Samuel were well-known for their successful intercession on behalf of Israel. See Ps 99:6-8 and see, e.g., Exod 32:11-14, 30-34; 1 Sam 7:5-9. The Lord is here rejecting Jeremiah’s intercession on behalf of the people (14:19-22).

[15:1]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “my soul would not be toward them.” For the usage of “soul” presupposed here see BDB 660 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 6 in the light of the complaints and petitions in Jeremiah’s prayer in 14:19, 21.

[15:1]  ²⁰ tn Heb “Send them away from my presence and let them go away.”