1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ¹  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ²  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 5:9

5:9 But after it had been moved the Lord attacked ³  that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city ⁴  with sores. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁶  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 11:5

11:5 Now Saul was walking behind the ⁷  oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, “What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?” So they told him about ⁸  the men of Jabesh.

1 Samuel 11:15

11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, where ⁹  they established Saul as king in the Lord’s presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord’s presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy.

1 Samuel 14:12

14:12 Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” ¹⁰  Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given ¹¹  them into the hand of Israel!”

1 Samuel 17:52

17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. ¹²  They chased the Philistines to the valley ¹³  and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ¹⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “men.”

² tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

³ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was against the city.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he struck the men of the city from small and to great.”

⁵ tn See the note on this term in v. 6. Cf. KJV “and they had emerods in their secret parts.”

⁵ tn Heb “men.”

⁷ tn Or perhaps, “his oxen.” On this use of the definite article see Joüon 2:506-7 §137.f.

⁸ tn Heb “the matters of.”

⁹ tn Heb “and there in Gilgal.”

¹¹ tn Heb “a thing.”

¹² tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically here to express Jonathan’s certitude. As far as he is concerned, the victory is as good as won and can be described as such.

¹³ tn Heb “arose and cried out.”

¹⁴ tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”