1 Samuel 14:47

14:47 After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their ¹  enemies on all sides – the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. ² 

1 Samuel 14:2

14:2 Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 10:6

10:6 Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person.

Psalms 60:1

Psalm 60 ³ 

For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; ⁴  a prayer ⁵  of David written to instruct others. ⁶  It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down ⁷  12,000 Edomites ⁸  in the Valley of Salt. ⁹ 

60:1 O God, you have rejected us. ¹⁰ 

You suddenly turned on us in your anger. ¹¹ 

Please restore us! ¹² 

[14:47]  ¹ tn Heb “his,” which could refer to Israel or to Saul.

[14:47]  ² tc The translation follows the LXX (“he was delivered”), rather than the MT, which reads, “he acted wickedly.”

[60:1]  ³ sn Psalm 60. The psalmist grieves over Israel’s humiliation, but in response to God’s assuring word, he asks for divine help in battle and expresses his confidence in victory.

[60:1]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew expression means “lily of the testimony.” It may refer to a particular music style or to a tune title.

[60:1]  ⁵ tn The precise meaning of the Hebrew word מִכְתָּם (miktam), which also appears in the heading to Pss 16, 56-59, is uncertain. HALOT 582-83 s.v. defines it as “inscription.”

[60:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “to teach.”

[60:1]  ⁷ tn In Josh 8:21 and Judg 20:48 the two verbs “turn back” and “strike down” are also juxtaposed. There they refer to a military counter-attack.

[60:1]  ⁸ tn Heb “12,000 of Edom.” Perhaps one should read אֲרַם (’aram, “Aram”) here rather than אֱדוֹם (’edom, “Edom”).

[60:1]  ⁹ sn The heading apparently refers to the military campaign recorded in 2 Sam 10 and 1 Chr 19.

[60:1]  ¹⁰ sn You have rejected us. See Pss 43:2; 44:9, 23.

[60:1]  ¹¹ tn Heb “you broke out upon us, you were angry.”

[60:1]  ¹² tn The imperfect verbal form here expresses the psalmist’s wish or prayer.