1 Samuel 2:29-31

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 1 Samuel 2:29 tc The MT has a plural “you” here, but the LXX and a Qumran ms have the singular. The singular may be the correct reading; the verb “you have honored” later in the verse is singular even in the MT. However, it is more probable that the Lord here refers to Eli and his sons. Note the plural in the second half of the verse (“you have made yourselves fat”).
2. 1 Samuel 2:29 tn Heb “which I commanded, dwelling place.” The noun is functioning as an adverbial accusative in relation to the verb. Since God’s dwelling place/sanctuary is in view, the pronoun “my” is supplied in the translation.tc The LXX reads “Why did you look at my incense and my sacrifice with a shameless eye?” The LXX may have read the first verb as being from the root נָבַט (nabat) “to look at” rather than the rare בָּעַט (baʿat) “to kick.” And the final consonants of מָעוֹן (maʿon) are easily confused with עַיִן (ʿayin). But the rest of the variation appears inexplicable as a copying error from either direction.
3. 1 Samuel 2:30 tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.
4. 1 Samuel 2:30 tn Heb “walk about before.”
5. 1 Samuel 2:30 tn Heb “may it be far removed from me.”
6. 1 Samuel 2:31 tn Heb “chop off your arm.” The arm here symbolizes strength and activity.
7. 1 Samuel 2:31 tn Heb “arm.”