1 Samuel 10:10

10:10 When Saul and his servant ¹  arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul ²  and he prophesied among them.

1 Samuel 16:4

16:4 Samuel did what the Lord told him. ³  When he arrived in Bethlehem, ⁴  the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They ⁵  said, “Do you come in peace?”

[10:10]  ¹ tc Two medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta have the singular “he” (in which case the referent would be Saul alone).

[10:10]  tn Heb “they”; the referents (Saul and his servant) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:10]  ² tn Heb “him”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:4]  ³ tn Heb “said.”

[16:4]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[16:4]  ⁵ tc In the MT the verb is singular (“he said”), but the translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss and ancient versions in reading the plural (“they said”).