1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ¹  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ²  army, ³  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 14:50

14:50 The name of Saul’s wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the general in command of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul’s uncle. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Here is what the Lord of hosts says: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed ⁵  Israel along the way when Israel ⁶  came up from Egypt.

[12:9]  ¹ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ² map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ³ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[14:50]  ⁴ sn The word “uncle” can modify either Abner or Ner. See the note on the word “son” in v. 51 for further discussion.

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “what Amalek did to Israel, how he placed against him.”

[15:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.