1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ¹  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ²  Israel.

1 Samuel 11:11

11:11 The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them ³  down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together.

1 Samuel 13:6

13:6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, ⁴  and cisterns.

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers ⁵  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided ⁶  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm ⁷  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 29:3

29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? ⁸  I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

² tn Heb “before.”

³ tn Heb “Ammon.” By metonymy the name “Ammon” is used collectively for the soldiers in the Ammonite army.

⁵ tn Or perhaps “vaults.” This rare term also occurs in Judg 9:46, 49. Cf. KJV “high places”; ASV “coverts”; NAB “caverns”; NASB “cellars”; NIV, NCV, TEV “pits”; NRSV, NLT “tombs.”

⁷ tn Heb “runners.”

⁸ tn Heb “their hand is.”

⁹ tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

⁹ tn Heb “these days or these years.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”