translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “became lost.”


text: Heb “and arise, go.”


label: NET textual note

text: The Syriac Peshitta includes the following words: “So Saul arose and went out. He took with him one of the boys and went out to look for his father’s donkeys.”


text: Heb “he”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.


text: Heb “our way on which we have gone.”


text: Heb “look.”


text: Heb “our way.”


text: Heb “your word is good.”


text: The MT has “him” ( אֹתוֹ , ’ oto ) here, in addition to the “him” at the end of the verse. The ancient versions attest to only one occurrence of the pronoun, although it is possible that this is due to translation technique rather than to their having a Hebrew text with the pronoun used only once. The present translation assumes textual duplication in the MT and does not attempt to represent the pronoun twice. However, for a defense of the MT here, with the suggested translation “for him just now – you will find him,” see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel , 72-73.


text: Heb “to meet them.” This may indicate purpose on Samuel’s part. The next sentence indicates that the meeting was by design, not just an accident.


text: Heb “uncovered the ear of.”


text: Heb “anoint.”


text: Heb “responded.”


text: Heb “all that is in your heart.”


text: Heb “do not fix your heart.”


text: Heb “and all the house of your father.”


text: Heb “took and brought.”


text: Heb “he” (also in v. 25 ); the referent (Samuel) has been specified in both places in the translation for clarity.


text: This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms , and the Syriac Peshitta.


text: The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.