2 Raja-raja 18:11

18:11 The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel ¹  to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Raja-raja 18:2

18:2 He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. ²  His mother ³  was Abi, ⁴  the daughter of Zechariah.

1 Samuel 7:10

7:10 As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. ⁵  But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by ⁶  Israel.

1 Samuel 7:1

7:1 Then the people ⁷  of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord.

1 Samuel 17:9

17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”

1 Samuel 17:2

17:2 Saul and the Israelite army ⁸  assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against ⁹  the Philistines.

1 Samuel 1:8

1:8 Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, “Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? ¹⁰  Am I not better to you than ten ¹¹  sons?”

¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Israel” as the object of the verb.

² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

⁴ tn The parallel passage in 2 Chr 29:1 has “Abijah.”

⁵ tn Heb “approached for battle against Israel.”

⁶ tn Heb “before.”

⁷ tn Heb “men.”

⁸ tn Heb “the men of Israel” (so KJV, NASB); NAB, NIV, NRSV “the Israelites.”

⁹ tn Heb “to meet.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “why is your heart displeased?”

¹¹ sn Like the number seven, the number ten is sometimes used in the OT as an ideal number (see, for example, Dan 1:20, Zech 8:23).