[26:29] 1 tn The oath formula is used: “if you do us harm” means “so that you will not do.”
[26:29] 3 tn Heb “and just as we have done only good with you.”
[26:29] 4 tn Heb “and we sent you away.”
[26:29] 5 tn The Philistine leaders are making an observation, not pronouncing a blessing, so the translation reads “you are blessed” rather than “may you be blessed” (cf. NAB).