1 Samuel 9:27

9:27 While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us.” So he did. ¹  Samuel then said, ²  “You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God’s message.”

1 Samuel 17:39

17:39 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. ³  David said to Saul, “I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s ⁴  sword, drew it from its sheath, ⁵  killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

[9:27]  ¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

[9:27]  ² tn The words “Samuel then said” are supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.

[17:39]  ³ tn Heb “he had not tested.”

[17:51]  ⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:51]  ⁵ tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”