1 Samuel 4:13

4:13 When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of ¹  the road, for he was very worried ²  about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, ³  the whole city cried out.

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ⁴  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁵  with sores. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 9:6

9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. ⁷  Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” ⁸ 

1 Samuel 20:29

20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, ⁹  for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged ¹⁰  me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go ¹¹  to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”

1 Samuel 27:5

27:5 David said to Achish, “If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?”

¹ tc Read with many medieval Hebrew mss, the Qere, and much versional evidence יַד (yad, “hand”) rather than MT יַךְ (yakh).

² tn Heb “his heart was trembling.”

³ tn Heb “and the man came to report in the city.”

⁴ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

⁵ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

⁶ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

⁷ tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.

⁸ tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “send me.”

¹¹ tn Heb “commanded.”

¹² tn Heb “be released [from duty].”