1 Samuel 13:6

13:6 The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, ¹  and cisterns.

1 Samuel 14:24

Jonathan Violates Saul’s Oath

14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!” So no one in the army ate anything.

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men ²  were thinking of stoning him; ³  each man grieved bitterly ⁴  over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.

[13:6]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “vaults.” This rare term also occurs in Judg 9:46, 49. Cf. KJV “high places”; ASV “coverts”; NAB “caverns”; NASB “cellars”; NIV, NCV, TEV “pits”; NRSV, NLT “tombs.”

[30:6]  ² tn Heb “people.”

[30:6]  ³ tn Heb “said to stone him.”

[30:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”