1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David ¹  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ²  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ³ 

1 Samuel 18:1

Saul Comes to Fear David

18:1 When David ⁴  had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. ⁵  Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. ⁶ 

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 5:7

5:7 When the people ⁷  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ⁸  both us and our god Dagon!”

Psalms 16:3

16:3 As for God’s chosen people who are in the land,

and the leading officials I admired so much ⁹  –

Amos 5:15

5:15 Hate what is wrong, love what is right!

Promote ¹⁰  justice at the city gate! ¹¹ 

Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on ¹²  those who are left from ¹³  Joseph. ¹⁴ 

Amos 5:1

Death is Imminent

5:1 Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, ¹⁵  family ¹⁶  of Israel:

Amos 3:14

3:14 “Certainly when ¹⁷  I punish Israel for their ¹⁸  covenant transgressions, ¹⁹ 

I will destroy ²⁰  Bethel’s ²¹  altars.

The horns ²²  of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

Amos 5:1

Death is Imminent

5:1 Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, ²³  family ²⁴  of Israel:

[18:1]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ² tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

[18:1]  ³ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

[18:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “the soul of Jonathan was bound with the soul of David.”

[18:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “like his [own] soul.”

[5:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[16:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “regarding the holy ones who [are] in the land, they; and the mighty [ones] in [whom is/was] all my desire.” The difficult syntax makes the meaning of the verse uncertain. The phrase “holy ones” sometimes refers to God’s angelic assembly (see Ps 89:5, 7), but the qualifying clause “who are in the land” suggests that here it refers to God’s people (Ps 34:9) or to their priestly leaders (2 Chr 35:3).

[5:15]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “set up, establish.” In the ancient Near East it was the responsibility especially of the king to establish justice. Here the prophet extends that demand to local leaders and to the nation as a whole (cf. 5:24).

[5:15]  ¹¹ sn Legal disputes were resolved in the city gate (see the note in v. 12). This repetition of this phrase serves to highlight a deliberate contrast to the injustices cited in vv. 11-13.

[5:15]  ¹² tn Or “will show favor to.”

[5:15]  ¹³ tn Or “the remnant of” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV); CEV “what’s left of your people.”

[5:15]  ¹⁴ sn Joseph (= Ephraim and Manasseh), as the most prominent of the Israelite tribes, represents the entire northern kingdom.

[5:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Listen to this word which I am about to take up against you, a funeral song.”

[5:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[3:14]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “in the day.”

[3:14]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “his.” With the referent “Israel” here, this amounts to a collective singular.

[3:14]  ¹⁹ tn Traditionally, “transgressions, sins,” but see the note on the word “crimes” in 1:3.

[3:14]  ²⁰ tn Heb “punish” (so NASB, NRSV).

[3:14]  ²¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[3:14]  ²² sn The horns of an ancient altar projected upwards from the four corners and resembled an animal’s horns in appearance. Fugitives could seek asylum by grabbing hold of these corners (see Exod 21:14; 1 Kgs 1:50; 2:28). When the altar’s horns were cut off, there would be no place of asylum left for the Lord’s enemies.

[5:1]  ²³ tn Heb “Listen to this word which I am about to take up against you, a funeral song.”

[5:1]  ²⁴ tn Heb “house.”