21:9 The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that, there’s nothing here.” David said, “There’s nothing like it! Give it to me!”
8:1 In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near 5 Jeshimon?”
26:1 The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, “Isn’t David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near 6 Jeshimon?” 26:2 So Saul arose and
went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph.
5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.
23:9 When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, 7 he told Abiathar the priest, “Bring the ephod!” 23:10 Then David said, “O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning 8 to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me.
1 tn Heb “let not a man know anything about the matter [for] which I am sending you and [about] which I commanded you.”
2 tn Heb “servants.”
3 tn The Hebrew expression here refers to a particular, but unnamed, place. It occurs in the OT only here, in 2 Kgs 6:8, and in Ruth 4:1, where Boaz uses it to refer to Naomi’s unnamed kinsman-redeemer. A contracted form of the expression appears in Dan 8:13.
4 tn Heb “Listen to the voice of the people, to all which they say to you.”
5 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
6 tn Heb “upon the face of.”
7 tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”
8 tn Heb “seeking.”