1 Samuel 17:52
17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. 1 They chased the Philistines to the valley 2 and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
1 Samuel 25:29
25:29 When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag
3 of the living by the
Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling’s pocket!
1 Samuel 26:20
26:20 Now don’t let my blood fall to the ground away from the
Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge
4 in the hill country.”
1 tn Heb “arose and cried out.”
2 tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”
3 tn Cf. KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV “bundle”; NLT “treasure pouch.”
5 tn Heb “the calling [one],” which apparently refers to a partridge.