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1 Samuel 4:6

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4:6 When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, “What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp.

1 Samuel 28:1

Context
The Witch of Endor

28:1 In those days the Philistines gathered their troops 1  for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, “You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle.” 2 

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[28:1]  1 tn Heb “their camps.”

[28:1]  2 tc The translation follows the LXX (εἰς πόλεμον, eis polemon) and a Qumran ms מלחמה במלחמה ([m]lkhmh) bammilkhamah (“in the battle”) rather than the MT’s בַמַּחֲנֶה (bammakhaneh, “in the camp”; cf. NASB). While the MT reading is not impossible here, and although admittedly it is the harder reading, the variant fits the context better. The MT can be explained as a scribal error caused in part by the earlier occurrence of “camp” in this verse.



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