1 Samuel 23:16

23:16 Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him ¹  through God.

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ²  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ³  for the army was afraid of the oath.

1 Samuel 26:9

26:9 But David said to Abishai, “Don’t kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord’s chosen one ⁴  and remain guiltless?”

1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ⁵  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ⁶  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ⁷  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice ⁸  that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. ⁹ 

1 Samuel 6:9

6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

1 Samuel 14:27

14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, ¹⁰  his eyes gleamed. ¹¹ 

1 Samuel 17:49

17:49 David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground.

[23:16]  ¹ tn Heb “strengthened his hand.”

[14:26]  ² tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ³ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[26:9]  ³ tn Heb “anointed” (also in vv. 11, 16, 23).

[5:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “men.”

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

[6:3]  ⁵ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

[6:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

[6:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”

[14:27]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”

[14:27]  ⁸ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading “gleamed,” rather than the Kethib, “saw.”