1 Samuel 1:15

1:15 But Hannah replied, “That’s not the way it is, ¹  my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. ²  I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to ³  the Lord.

1 Samuel 2:32

2:32 You will see trouble in my dwelling place! ⁴  Israel will experience blessings, ⁵  but there will not be an old man in your ⁶  house for all time. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 4:20

4:20 As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, “Don’t be afraid! You have given birth to a son!” But she did not reply or pay any attention. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 8:18

8:18 In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won’t answer you in that day.” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 11:12

Saul Is Established as King

11:12 Then the people said to Samuel, “Who were the ones asking, ‘Will Saul reign over us?’ Hand over those men so we may execute them!”

1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you ¹⁰  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 25:10

25:10 But Nabal responded to David’s servants, “Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters!

1 Samuel 25:35

25:35 Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, “Go back ¹²  to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you ¹³  and responded favorably.” ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 26:14

26:14 David called to the army and to Abner son of Ner, “Won’t you answer, Abner?” Abner replied, “Who are you, that you have called to the king?”

[1:15]  ¹ tn Heb “No.”

[1:15]  ² tn Heb “I am a woman difficult of spirit.” The LXX has “for whom the day is difficult,” apparently mistaking the Hebrew word for “spirit” רוּחַ (ruakh) to be the word for “day” יוֹם (yom).

[1:15]  ³ tn Heb “before.”

[2:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “you will see [the] trouble of [the] dwelling place.” Since God’s dwelling place/sanctuary is in view, the pronoun is supplied in the translation (see v. 29).

[2:32]  ⁵ tn Heb “in all which he does good with Israel.”

[2:32]  ⁶ tc The LXX and a Qumran manuscript have the first person pronoun “my” here.

[2:32]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days.”

[4:20]  ⁸ tn Heb “and she did not set her heart.”

[8:18]  ⁹ tc The LXX adds “because you have chosen for yourselves a king.”

[12:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

[12:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

[25:35]  ¹² tn Heb “up.”

[25:35]  ¹³ tn Heb “your voice.”

[25:35]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “I have lifted up your face.”