1 Samuel 5:11

5:11 So they assembled ¹  all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us ²  and our ³  people!” The terror ⁴  of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

1 Samuel 18:10

18:10 The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre ⁶  that day. There was a spear in Saul’s hand,

[5:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

[5:11]  ² tn Heb “me.”

[5:11]  ³ tn Heb “my.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Or “panic.”

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”

[18:10]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds here “with his hand.”