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 30:18

30:18 David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he ¹  also rescued his two wives.

1 Samuel 7:14

7:14 The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control ²  of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David ³  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot ⁴  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:19

30:19 There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. ⁵  David brought everything back.

[30:18]  ¹ tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“he”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “hand.”

[30:16]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:16]  ² tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”

[30:19]  ¹ tn Heb “there was nothing missing to them, from the small even unto the great, and unto sons and daughters, and from loot even unto all which they had taken for themselves.”