Discovery Box1 Samuel 5:11
Context5:11 So they assembled 1 all the leaders of the Philistines and said, “Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us 2 and our 3 people!” The terror 4 of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. 5
1 Samuel 6:12
Context6:12 Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.
1 Samuel 9:16
Context9:16 “At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate 6 him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!”
1 Samuel 29:3
Context29:3 The leaders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, “Isn’t this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? 7 I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!” 8
1 Samuel 29:6
Context29:6 So Achish summoned David and said to him, “As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you 9 serving 10 with me in the army. 11 I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion 12 of the leaders, you are not reliable. 13
[5:11] 1 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”
[5:11] 5 tn Heb “the hand of God was very heavy there.”
[29:3] 11 tn Heb “these days or these years.”
[29:3] 12 tn Heb “from the day of his falling [away] until this day.”
[29:6] 16 tn Heb “it is good in my eyes.” Cf. v. 7.
[29:6] 17 tn Heb “your going forth and your coming in.” The expression is a merism.
