1 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, ¹  Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place.

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ²  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ³  with sores. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 11:5

11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the ⁵  oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about ⁶  the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 17:33

17:33 But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

1 Samuel 17:49

17:49 David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 22:9

22:9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, “I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 24:8

24:8 Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, “My lord, O king!” When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground.

1 Samuel 25:15

25:15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together ⁷  in the field.

1 Samuel 25:25

25:25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means ‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! ⁸  But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. ⁹ 

[5:3]  ¹ tc The LXX adds “they entered the temple of Dagon and saw.”

[5:9]  ² tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

[5:9]  ³ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

[5:9]  ⁴ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

[11:5]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

[11:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “the matters of.”

[25:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”

[25:25]  ⁸ tn Heb “and foolishness is with him.”

[25:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “my lord’s servants, whom you sent.”