1 Samuel 5:10

5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.

But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here ¹  to kill our ²  people!”

1 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Taking an oath, David again ³  said, “Your father is very much aware of the fact ⁴  that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, ⁵  ‘Don’t let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.’ But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!”

1 Samuel 25:34

25:34 Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives – he who has prevented me from harming you – if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning’s light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!”

1 Samuel 28:7

28:7 So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ⁶  so that I may go to her and inquire of her.” His servants replied to him, “There is a woman who is a medium in Endor.”

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ⁷  were thinking of stoning him; ⁸  each man grieved bitterly ⁹  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “to me.”

[5:10]  ² tn Heb “my.”

[20:3]  ³ tc The LXX and the Syriac Peshitta lack the word “again.”

[20:3]  ⁴ tn The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “said,” that is, to himself. So also in v. 25.

[28:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.

[30:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”