1 Samuel 8:12

8:12 He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, ¹  as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.

1 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying ²  to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find ³  a hiding place and stay in seclusion. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ⁵  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ⁶  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

¹ tc The numbers of v. 12 are confused in the Greek and Syriac versions. For “fifties” the LXX has “hundreds.” The Syriac Peshitta has “heads of thousands and heads of hundreds and heads of fifties and heads of tens,” perhaps reflecting influence from Deut 1:15.

² tn Heb “seeking.”

³ tn Heb “stay in.”

⁴ tn Heb “and hide yourself.”

³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”