1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army¹ assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against² the Philistines.

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army³ assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against⁴ the Philistines.

1 Samuel 18:4

18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.

1 Samuel 18:2

18:2 Saul retained David⁵ on that day and did not allow him to return to his father’s house.

1 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost⁶ that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted⁷ all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”

1 Samuel 14:10

14:10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”

Isaiah 28:6

28:6 He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions,

and strength to those who defend the city from attackers.⁸

Jeremiah 50:42

50:42 Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears.

They are cruel and show no mercy.

They sound like the roaring sea

as they ride forth on their horses.

Lined up in formation like men going into battle,

they are coming against you, fair Babylon!⁹

Joel 2:5

2:5 They sound like¹⁰ chariots rumbling¹¹ over mountain tops,

like the crackling¹² of blazing fire consuming stubble,

like the noise of¹³ a mighty army¹⁴ being drawn up for battle.¹⁵

¹tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

²tn Heb “to meet.”

³tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

⁴tn Heb “to meet.”

⁵tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”

⁷tn Heb “blew the ram’s horn in.”

⁸tn Heb “and [he will become] a spirit of justice for the one who sits [i.e., presides] over judgment, // and strength [for] the ones who turn back battle at the city gate.” The Lord will provide internal stability and national security.

⁹tn Heb “daughter Babylon.” The word “daughter” is a personification of the city of Babylon and its inhabitants.

¹⁰tn Heb “like the sound of.”

¹¹tn Heb “jostling” or “leaping.” There is question whether this pictures chariots rumbling over the mountains (e.g., 2 Sam 6:14,16; 1 Chr 15:29; Nah 3:2) or the locusts flying – or “leaping” – over the mountains (e.g., Job 21:11); see BDB 955 s.v. רָקַד.

¹²tn Heb “sound.”

¹³tn The phrase “the noise of” does not appear in the Hebrew, but is implied by the parallelism, so it has been supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.

¹⁴tn Heb “people.”

¹⁵tn Heb “being arrayed of battle.”