1 Samuel 2:1
Konteks“My heart rejoices in the Lord;
my horn 2 is exalted high because of the Lord.
I loudly denounce 3 my enemies,
for I am happy that you delivered me. 4
1 Samuel 2:9
Konteks2:9 He watches over 5 his holy ones, 6
but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness,
for it is not by one’s own strength that one prevails.
1 Samuel 6:13
Konteks6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.
1 Samuel 12:23
Konteks12:23 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 13:8
Konteks13:8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. 7 But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. 8
1 Samuel 14:22
Konteks14:22 When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.
1 Samuel 14:38
Konteks14:38 Then Saul said, “All you leaders of the army come here. Find out 9 how this sin occurred today.
1 Samuel 23:10
Konteks23:10 Then David said, “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning 10 to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
1 Samuel 25:24
Konteks25:24 Falling at his feet, she said, “My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant!
1 Samuel 25:40
Konteks25:40 So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, “David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife.”
[2:1] 1 tn Heb “prayed and said.” This is somewhat redundant in contemporary English and has been simplified in the translation.
[2:1] 2 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] 3 tn Heb “my mouth opens wide against.”
[2:1] 4 tn Heb “for I rejoice in your deliverance.”
[2:9] 5 tn Heb “guards the feet of.” The expression means that God watches over and protects the godly in all of their activities and movements. The imperfect verbal forms in v. 9 are understood as indicating what is typically true. Another option is to translate them with the future tense. See v. 10b.
[2:9] 6 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
[13:8] 7 tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.
[13:8] 8 tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”