1 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So Saul said to the army that was with him, “Muster the troops and see who is no longer with us.” When they mustered the troops, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there.

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 17:7

17:7 The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him.


tn Heb “and they mustered the troops, and look!”

tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.