1 Samuel 2:8

2:8 He lifts the weak ¹  from the dust;

he raises ²  the poor from the ash heap

to seat them with princes

and to bestow on them an honored position. ³ 

The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord,

and he has placed the world on them.

1 Samuel 4:3

4:3 When the army ⁴  came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, “Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by ⁵  the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us ⁶  from the hand of our enemies.

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ⁷  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 8:21

8:21 So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. ⁸ 

1 Samuel 27:7

27:7 The length of time ⁹  that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year ¹⁰  and four months.

[2:8]  ¹ tn Or “lowly”; Heb “insignificant.”

[2:8]  ² tn The imperfect verbal form, which is parallel to the participle in the preceding line, is best understood here as indicating what typically happens.

[2:8]  ³ tn Heb “a seat of honor.”

[4:3]  ⁴ tn Or “people.”

[4:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “before.”

[4:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and it will come in our midst and it will save.” After the cohortative (see “let’s take”), the prefixed verbal forms with the prefixed conjunction indicate purpose or result. The translation understands the ark to be the subject of the third masculine singular verbs, although it is possible to understand the Lord as the subject. In the latter case, one should translate, “when he is with us, he will save us.”

[6:3]  ⁷ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[8:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “and Samuel heard all the words of the people and he spoke them into the ears of the Lord.”

[27:7]  ⁹ tn Heb “the number of the days.”

[27:7]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “days.” The plural of the word “day” is sometimes used idiomatically to refer specifically to a year. In addition to this occurrence in v. 7 see also 1 Sam 1:3, 21; 2:19; 20:6; Lev 25:29; Judg 17:10.