1 Samuel 13:2

13:2 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

15:6 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

20:13 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

28:19 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.”

[20:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “in peace.”

[28:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “And the Lord will give also Israel along with you into the hand of the Philistines.”

[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.”

[28:19]  ¹² tn Heb “camp.”