1 Samuel 21:5

21:5 David said to the priest, “Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers’ ¹  equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”

1 Samuel 21:11

21:11 The servants of Achish said to him, “Isn’t this David, the king of the land? Isn’t he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying,

‘Saul struck down his thousands,

But David his tens of thousands’?”

1 Samuel 28:7

28:7 So Saul instructed his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, ²  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 28:9

28:9 But the woman said to him, “Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed ³  the mediums and magicians ⁴  from the land! Why are you trapping me ⁵  so you can put me to death?”

1 Samuel 30:1

David Defeats the Amalekites

30:1 On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it. ⁶ 

[21:5]  ¹ tn Heb “servants’.”

[28:7]  ² tn Heb “an owner of a ritual pit.” See the note at v. 3.

[28:9]  ³ tn Heb “how he has cut off.”

[28:9]  ⁴ tn See the note at v. 3.

[28:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “my life.”

[30:1]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “with fire.”