1 Samuel 14:27

14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, ¹  his eyes gleamed. ² 

1 Samuel 17:26

17:26 David asked the men who were standing near him, “What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? ³  For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?”

1 Samuel 18:27

18:27 when David, along with his men, went out ⁴  and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king’s son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage.

1 Samuel 26:16

26:16 This failure on your part isn’t good! ⁵  As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord’s chosen one, are as good as dead! ⁶  Now look where the king’s spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!”

¹ tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”

² tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading “gleamed,” rather than the Kethib, “saw.”

³ tn Heb “and turns aside humiliation from upon Israel.”

⁵ tn Heb “arose and went.”

⁷ tn Heb “Not good [is] this thing which you have done.”

⁸ tn Heb “you are sons of death.”