1 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin ¹  looked on ²  as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:11

17:11 When Saul and all the Israelites ⁴  heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid.

1 Samuel 4:7

4:7 The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. ⁵  They said, “Too bad for ⁶  us! We’ve never seen anything like this!

1 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

1 Samuel 7:7

7:7 When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines.

1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ⁷  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ⁸  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 10:11

10:11 When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, “What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?”

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ⁹  sword, drew it from its sheath, ¹⁰  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

1 Samuel 31:7

31:7 When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them.

¹ tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “saw, and look!”

³ tn Heb “the crowd melted and went, even here.”

⁴ tn Heb “all Israel.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew text has a direct quote, “because they said, ‘Gods have come to the camp.’” Even though the verb translated “have come” is singular, the following subject should be taken as plural (“gods”), as v. 8 indicates. Some emend the verb to a plural form.

⁸ tn Traditionally “woe to.” They thought disaster was imminent.

¹⁰ tn Heb “men.”

¹¹ tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

¹³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”