1 Samuel 14:1

14:1 Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, ¹  “Come on, let’s go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us.” But he did not let his father know.

1 Samuel 17:3-4

17:3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites ²  on another hill, with the valley between them.

17:4 Then a champion ³  came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 17:23

17:23 As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, ⁵  and David heard it.

1 Samuel 22:9

22:9 But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, “I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

1 Samuel 22:11

22:11 Then the king arranged for a meeting with the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all the priests of his father’s house who were at Nob. They all came to the king.

1 Samuel 22:14

22:14 Ahimelech replied to the king, “Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king’s son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house!

1 Samuel 23:22

23:22 Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely ⁶  where he is ⁷  and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.

1 Samuel 24:15

24:15 May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!”

1 Samuel 28:17

28:17 The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! ⁸  The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David!

1 Samuel 30:26

30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, “Here’s a gift ⁹  for you from the looting of the Lord’s enemies!”

[14:1]  ¹ tn Or “the servant who was carrying his military equipment” (likewise in vv. 6, 7, 12, 13, 14).

[17:3]  ² tn Heb “Israel.”

[17:4]  ³ tn Heb “the man of the space between the two [armies].” See v. 23.

[17:4]  ⁴ tc Heb “his height was six cubits and a span” (cf. KJV, NASB, NRSV). A cubit was approximately eighteen inches, a span nine inches. So, according to the Hebrew tradition, Goliath was about nine feet, nine inches tall (cf. NIV, CEV, NLT “over nine feet”; NCV “nine feet, four inches”; TEV “nearly 3 metres”). However, some Greek witnesses, Josephus, and a manuscript of 1 Samuel from Qumran read “four cubits and a span” here, that is, about six feet, nine inches (cf. NAB “six and a half feet”). This seems more reasonable; it is likely that Goliath’s height was exaggerated as the story was retold. See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 286, 291.

[17:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to these words.”

[23:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “know and see.” The expression is a hendiadys. See also v. 23.

[23:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “his place where his foot is.”

[28:17]  ⁸ tn Heb “just as he said by my hand.”

[30:26]  ⁹ tn Heb “blessing.”