1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ¹  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 29:4

29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said ²  to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become ³  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? ⁴ 

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “anoint.”

[29:4]  ² tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

[29:4]  ³ tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

[29:4]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.