1 Samuel 17:21

17:21 Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.

1 Samuel 14:46

14:46 Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home. ¹ 

1 Samuel 5:1

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

1 Samuel 13:16

13:16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. ² 

1 Samuel 17:3

17:3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites ³  on another hill, with the valley between them.

1 Samuel 31:1

The Death of Saul

31:1 Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa.

1 Samuel 4:1

4:1 Samuel revealed the word of the Lord ⁴  to all Israel.

The Ark of the Covenant is Lost to the Philistines

Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. ⁵  They camped at Ebenezer, ⁶  and the Philistines camped at Aphek.

1 Samuel 29:11

29:11 So David and his men got up early in the morning to return ⁷  to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ⁸  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ⁹  Israel.

1 Samuel 13:5

13:5 For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,000 ¹⁰  chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven.

1 Samuel 13:11

13:11 But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me ¹¹  and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,

1 Samuel 28:15

28:15 Samuel said to Saul, “Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?” Saul replied, “I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me – not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do.”

[14:46]  ¹ tn Heb “to their place.”

[13:16]  ¹ tn The juxtaposition of disjunctive clauses in v.16 indicates synchronic action.

[17:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Israel.”

[4:1]  ¹ tn Heb “and the word of Samuel was.” The present translation understands Samuel to be the speaker of the divine word (“Samuel” is a subjective genitive in this case), although the statement could mean that he was the recipient of the divine word (“Samuel” is an objective genitive in this case) who in turn reported it to Israel.

[4:1]  ² tn Heb “and Israel went out to meet the Philistines for battle.”

[4:1]  ³ tn Heb “the stone, the help.” The second noun is in apposition to the first one and apparently is the name by which the stone was known. Contrast the expression used in 5:1 and 7:12, where the first word lacks the definite article, unlike 4:1.

[29:11]  ¹ tc Heb “to go in the morning to return.” With the exception of Origen and the Lucianic recension, the Old Greek tradition lacks the phrase “in the morning.” The Syriac Peshitta also omits it.

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “before.”

[13:5]  ¹ tn Many English versions (e.g., KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV) read “30,000” here.

[13:11]  ¹ tn Heb “dispersed from upon me.”