1 Samuel 13:20

13:20 So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles ¹  sharpened.

1 Samuel 17:27

17:27 The soldiers ²  told him what had been promised, saying, ³  “This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down.”

1 Samuel 18:13

18:13 Saul removed David ⁴  from his presence and made him a commanding officer. ⁵  David led the army out to battle and back. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 30:7

30:7 Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought the ephod to David.

¹ tc The translation follows the LXX (“their sickle”) here, rather than the MT “plowshares,” which is due to dittography from the word earlier in the verse.

² tn Heb “people.”

³ tn Heb “according to this word, saying.”

³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “an officer of a thousand.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he went out and came in before the people.” See v. 16.