1 Samuel 13:8

13:8 He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. ¹  But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. ² 

1 Samuel 17:22

17:22 After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, ³  he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.

[13:8]  ¹ tn This apparently refers to the instructions given by Samuel in 1 Sam 10:8. If so, several years had passed. On the relationship between chs. 10 and 13, see V. P. Long, The Art of Biblical History (FCI), 201-23.

[13:8]  ² tn Heb “dispersed from upon him”; NAB, NRSV “began to slip away.”

[17:22]  ³ tn Heb “the guard of the equipment.”