Bilangan 26:2

26:2 “Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, ¹  everyone who can serve in the army of Israel.” ² 

Ulangan 3:18

Instructions to the Transjordanian Tribes

3:18 At that time I instructed you as follows: “The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites ³  equipped for battle.

Ulangan 24:5

24:5 When a man is newly married, he need not go into ⁴  the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to ⁵  the wife he has married.

Ulangan 24:2

24:2 When she has left him ⁶  she may go and become someone else’s wife.

1 Samuel 24:9

24:9 David said to Saul, “Why do you pay attention when men say, ‘David is seeking to do you harm’?

1 Samuel 24:2

24:2 So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find ⁷  David and his men in the region of ⁸  the rocks of the mountain goats. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 17:13-18

17:13 Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the ¹⁰  three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest, and Shammah, the third oldest. 17:14 Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul, 17:15 David was going back and forth ¹¹  from Saul in order to care for his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

17:16 Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position. 17:17 Jesse said to his son David, “Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly ¹²  to the camp to your brothers. 17:18 Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. ¹³  Find out how your brothers are doing ¹⁴  and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. ¹⁵ 

1 Samuel 26:11-13

26:11 But may the Lord prevent me from extending my hand against the Lord’s chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul’s head and the jug of water, and let’s get out of here!” 26:12 So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul’s head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them.

26:13 Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them.

[26:2]  ¹ tn Heb “house of their fathers.”

[26:2]  ² tn Heb “everyone who goes out in the army in Israel.”

[3:18]  ³ tn Heb “your brothers, the sons of Israel.”

[24:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “go out with.”

[24:5]  ⁵ tc For the MT’s reading Piel שִׂמַּח (simmakh, “bring joy to”), the Syriac and others read שָׂמַח (samakh, “enjoy”).

[24:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “his house.”

[24:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “to search [for].”

[24:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “upon the face of.”

[24:2]  ⁹ tn Or “the region of the Rocks of the Mountain Goats,” if this expression is understood as a place name (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV, CEV).

[17:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “his.”

[17:15]  ¹¹ tn Heb “was going and returning.”

[17:17]  ¹² tn Heb “run.”

[17:18]  ¹³ tn Heb “officer of the thousand.”

[17:18]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and your brothers, observe with respect to welfare.”

[17:18]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and their pledge take.” This probably refers to some type of confirmation that the goods arrived safely. See R. W. Klein, 1 Samuel (WBC), 177. Cf. NIV “bring back some assurance”; NCV “some proof to show me they are all right”; NLT “bring me back a letter from them.”