1 Samuel 2:6

2:6 The Lord both kills and gives life;

he brings down to the grave ¹  and raises up.

1 Samuel 15:16

15:16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Wait a minute! ²  Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.” Saul ³  said to him, “Tell me.”

1 Samuel 16:6

16:6 When they arrived, Samuel ⁴  noticed ⁵  Eliab and said to himself, ⁶  “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!” ⁷ 

1 Samuel 25:32

25:32 Then David said to Abigail, “Praised ⁸  be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me!

[2:6]  ¹ tn Heb “Sheol”; NAB “the nether world”; CEV “the world of the dead.”

[15:16]  ² tn Or perhaps “be quiet.”

[15:16]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular (“he said”) rather than the plural (“they said”) of the Kethib.

[15:16]  tn Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “saw.”

[16:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

[16:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “his anointed one.”

[25:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “blessed” (also in vv. 33, 39).