1 Samuel 13:2
Context13:2 Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; 1 the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 2 He sent all the rest of the people back home. 3
1 Samuel 15:6
Context15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away 4 with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.
1 Samuel 20:13
Context20:13 But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don’t let you know 5 and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. 6 May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father.
1 Samuel 28:19
Context28:19 The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! 7 Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. 8 The Lord will also hand the army 9 of Israel over to the Philistines!”


[13:2] 1 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.
[13:2] 2 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity.
[13:2] 3 tn Heb “each one to his tents.”
[15:6] 4 tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esfÿka, “I sweep you away,” from the root ספה [sfh]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (’osifÿka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אסף[’sf]).
[20:13] 7 tn Heb “uncover your ear.”
[28:19] 10 tn Heb “And the
[28:19] 11 tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the LXX has here “and tomorrow you and your sons with you will fall.”