1 Samuel 15:5

15:5 Saul proceeded to the city ¹  of Amalek, where he set an ambush ²  in the wadi. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:27

17:27 The soldiers ⁴  told him what had been promised, saying, ⁵  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

1 Samuel 20:39

20:39 (Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.) ⁶ 

1 Samuel 23:8

23:8 So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. ⁷ 

[15:5]  ¹ tc The LXX has the plural here, “cities.”

[15:5]  ² tc The translation follows the LXX and Vulgate which assume a reading וַיָּאָרֶב (vayya’arev, “and he set an ambush,” from the root ארב [’rv] with quiescence of alef) rather than the MT, which has וַיָּרֶב (vayyareb, “and he contended,” from the root ריב [ryv]).

[15:5]  ³ tn That is, “the dry stream bed.”

[17:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “people.”

[17:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to this word, saying.”

[20:39]  ⁶ tn Heb “knew the matter.”

[23:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “So Saul mustered all his army for battle to go down to Keilah to besiege against David and his men.”