1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ¹  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ²  Israel.

1 Samuel 13:22

13:22 So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them.

1 Samuel 16:18

16:18 One of his attendants replied, ³  “I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem ⁴  who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior ⁵  and is articulate ⁶  and handsome, ⁷  for the Lord is with him.”

1 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Goliath ⁸  stood and called to Israel’s troops, ⁹  “Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose ¹⁰  for yourselves a man so he may come down ¹¹  to me!

1 Samuel 17:20

17:20 So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. ¹²  After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp ¹³  as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry.

1 Samuel 17:33

17:33 But Saul replied to David, “You aren’t able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You’re just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!”

1 Samuel 18:5

18:5 On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul’s servants. ¹⁴ 

1 Samuel 18:17

18:17 ¹⁵ Then Saul said to David, “Here’s my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior ¹⁶  for me and fight the battles of the Lord.” For Saul thought, “There’s no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 25:28

25:28 Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days!

1 Samuel 29:9

29:9 Achish replied to David, “I am convinced that you are as reliable ¹⁷  as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go up with us in the battle.’

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “before.”

[16:18]  ³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[16:18]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “mighty man of valor and a man of war.”

[16:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “discerning of word.”

[16:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “a man of form.”

[17:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:8]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text adds “and said to them.”

[17:8]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the ancient versions in reading “choose,” (from the root בחר, bkhr), rather than the MT. The verb in MT (ברה, brh) elsewhere means “to eat food”; the sense of “to choose,” required here by the context, is not attested for this root. The MT apparently reflects an early scribal error.

[17:8]  ⁸ tn Following the imperative, the prefixed verbal form (either an imperfect or jussive) with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result here.

[17:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “to a guard”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “with a keeper”; NIV “with a shepherd.” Since in contemporary English “guard” sounds like someone at a military installation or a prison, the present translation uses “to someone else who would watch over it.”

[17:20]  ⁸ tn Or “entrenchment.”

[18:5]  ⁹ tn Heb “it was good in the eyes of all the people and also in the eyes of the servants of Saul.”

[18:17]  ¹¹ tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

[18:17]  ¹² tn Heb “son of valor.”

[29:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “I know that you are good in my eyes.”