1 Samuel 8:20

8:20 We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us 1  and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. 2 

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army 3  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against 4  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 31:3

31:3 Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; 5  the archers 6  spotted him and wounded him severely.

1 tn Heb “and go out before us.”

2 tc The LXX includes the following words: “And all the people were with Saul, about ten thousand men. And the battle extended to the entire city on mount Ephraim.”

3 tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

4 tn Heb “to meet.”

4 tn Heb “and the battle was heavy against Saul.”

5 tn Heb “the shooters, men with the bow.”