1 Samuel 7:8

7:8 The Israelites said to Samuel, “Keep ¹  crying out to the Lord our ²  God so that he may save us ³  from the hand of the Philistines!”

1 Samuel 10:27

10:27 But some wicked men ⁴  said, “How can this man save us?” They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 14:39

14:39 For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!” But no one from the army said anything. ⁶ 

1 Samuel 17:47

17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”

1 Samuel 23:2

23:2 So David asked the Lord, “Should I go and strike down these Philistines?” The Lord said to David, “Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah.”

1 Samuel 25:33

25:33 Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded ⁷  for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands!

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “don’t stop.”

[7:8]  ² tc The LXX reads “your God” rather than the MT’s “our God.”

[7:8]  ³ tn After the negated jussive, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose/result.

[10:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “sons of worthlessness” (see 2:12).

[10:27]  ⁵ tc In place of the MT (“and it was like one being silent”) the LXX has “after about a month,” taking the expression with the first part of the following chapter rather than with 10:27. Some Hebrew support for this reading appears in the corrected hand of a Qumran ms of Samuel, which has here “about a month.” However, it seems best to stay with the MT here even though it is difficult.

[14:39]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was no one answering from all the army.”

[25:33]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “blessed.”