1 Samuel 16:21

16:21 David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, ¹  and he became his armor bearer.

1 Samuel 17:54

17:54 David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, ²  and he put Goliath’s ³  weapons in his tent.

1 Samuel 31:6

31:6 So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day.

1 Samuel 31:10

31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths ⁴  and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.

[16:21]  ¹ tn Heb “he loved him.”

[17:54]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:54]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[31:10]  ³ sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.