¹⁶ But Eli called Samuel and said, “Samuel, my son.” And he said, “Here I am.”

⁵ And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. ^(A)Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

^18 (A)Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. ^(B)See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”

¹⁶ And when the messengers came in, behold, ^(A)the image was in the bed, with the pillow of goats' hair at its head.

⁸ And there is also with you ^(A)Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse on the day ^(B)when I went to Mahanaim. ^(C)But when he came down to meet me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the Lord, saying, ‘I will not put you to death with the sword.’