1 Samuel 2:21

2:21 So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord’s sanctuary. ¹ 

1 Samuel 2:26

2:26 Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people.

1 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled. ² 

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ³  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁴  with sores. ⁵ 

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “with the Lord.” Cf. NAB, TEV “in the service of the Lord”; NIV, NRSV, NLT “in the presence of the Lord”; CEV “at the Lord’s house in Shiloh.”

[3:19]  ² tn Heb “and he did not cause to fall from all his words to the ground.”

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

[5:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

[5:9]  ⁵ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”