1 Samuel 4:17

4:17 The messenger replied, “Israel has fled from ¹  the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ²  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ³  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁴  and is articulate ⁵  and handsome, ⁶  for the Lord is with him.”

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’ ⁷  equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!”

[4:17]  ¹ tn Heb “before.”

[16:18]  ² tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “a man of form.”

[21:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “servants’.”