Yosua 2:5

2:5 When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. ¹  I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

Yosua 2:2

2:2 The king of Jericho received this report: “Note well! ²  Israelite men have come here tonight ³  to spy on the land.”

1 Samuel 16:17-19

16:17 So Saul said to his servants, “Find ⁴  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.” 16:18 One of his attendants replied, ⁵  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ⁶  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁷  and is articulate ⁸  and handsome, ⁹  for the Lord is with him.”

16:19 So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep.

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ¹⁰  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ¹¹  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Heb “And the gate was to be shut in the darkness and the men went out.”

[2:2]  ² tn Or “look.”

[2:2]  ³ tn Heb “men have come here tonight from the sons of Israel.”

[16:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “see.”

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “a man of form.”

[17:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

[17:20]  ¹¹ tn Or “entrenchment.”