Text -- 1 Samuel 15:5 (NET)

15:5 Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Sa 15:5

¹ tc The LXX has the plural here, “cities.”

² tc The translation follows the LXX and Vulgate which assume a reading וַיָּאָרֶב (vayya’arev, “and he set an ambush,” from the root ארב [’rv] with quiescence of alef) rather than the MT, which has וַיָּרֶב (vayyareb, “and he contended,” from the root ריב [ryv]).

³ tn That is, “the dry stream bed.”