1 Samuel 9:16

9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate ¹  him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”

1 Samuel 25:15-16

25:15 These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together ²  in the field. 25:16 Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks.

1 Samuel 30:22-24

30:22 But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Since they didn’t go with us, ³  we won’t give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!”

30:23 But David said, “No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! ⁴  He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. 30:24 Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!”

1 Samuel 30:2

30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

1 Samuel 5:2

5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.

1 Samuel 5:2

5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.

1 Samuel 20:5

20:5 David said to Jonathan, “Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. ⁵  You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now.

1 Samuel 20:1

Jonathan Seeks to Protect David

20:1 David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, ⁶  “What have I done? What is my offense? ⁷  How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!”

1 Samuel 11:15

11:15 So all the people went to Gilgal, where ⁸  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.

Psalms 72:12-14

72:12 For he will rescue the needy ⁹  when they cry out for help,

and the oppressed ¹⁰  who have no defender.

72:13 He will take pity ¹¹  on the poor and needy;

the lives of the needy he will save.

72:14 From harm and violence he will defend them; ¹² 

he will value their lives. ¹³ 

Matthew 9:12-13

9:12 When ¹⁴  Jesus heard this he said, “Those who are healthy don’t need a physician, but those who are sick do. ¹⁵  9:13 Go and learn what this saying means: ‘I want mercy and not sacrifice.’ ¹⁶  For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

Hebrews 2:10

2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, ¹⁷  in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer ¹⁸  of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

[9:16]  ¹ tn Heb “anoint.”

[25:15]  ² tn Heb “all the days we walked about with them when we were.”

[30:22]  ³ tc Heb “with me.” The singular is used rather than the plural because the group is being treated as a singular entity, in keeping with Hebrew idiom. It is not necessary to read “with us,” rather than the MT “with me,” although the plural can be found here in a few medieval Hebrew mss. See also the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate, although these versions may simply reflect an understanding of the idiom as found in the MT rather than a different textual reading.

[30:23]  ⁴ tc This clause is difficult in the MT. The present translation accepts the text as found in the MT and understands this clause to be elliptical, with an understood verb such as “look” or “consider.” On the other hand, the LXX seems to reflect a slightly different Hebrew text, reading “after” where the MT has “my brothers.” The Greek translation yields the following translation: “You should not do this after the Lord has delivered us.” Although the Greek reading should be taken seriously, it seems better to follow the MT here.

[20:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I must surely sit with the king to eat.” The infinitive absolute appears before the finite verb for emphasis.

[20:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he came and said before Jonathan.”

[20:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “What is my guilt?”

[11:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “and there in Gilgal.”

[72:12]  ⁹ tn The singular is representative. The typical needy individual here represents the entire group.

[72:12]  ¹⁰ tn The singular is representative. The typical oppressed individual here represents the entire group.

[72:13]  ¹¹ tn The prefixed verb form is best understood as a defectively written imperfect (see Deut 7:16).

[72:14]  ¹² tn Or “redeem their lives.” The verb “redeem” casts the Lord in the role of a leader who protects members of his extended family in times of need and crisis (see Pss 19:14; 69:18).

[72:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “their blood will be precious in his eyes.”

[9:12]  ¹⁴ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[9:12]  ¹⁵ sn Jesus’ point is that he associates with those who are sick because they have the need and will respond to the offer of help. A person who is healthy (or who thinks mistakenly that he is) will not seek treatment.

[9:13]  ¹⁶ sn A quotation from Hos 6:6 (see also Matt 12:7).

[2:10]  ¹⁷ tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”

[2:10]  ¹⁸ sn The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ (Acts 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2).