1 Samuel 12:6

12:6 Samuel said to the people, “The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors ¹  up from the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 13:12

13:12 I thought, ²  ‘Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord’s favor.’ So I felt obligated ³  to offer the burnt offering.”

[12:6]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 7, 8).

[13:12]  ² tn Heb “said.”

[13:12]  ³ tn Or “I forced myself” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, CEV); NAB “So in my anxiety I offered”; NIV “I felt compelled.”