1 Samuel 4:6

4:6 When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, “What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?” Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp.

1 Samuel 16:11

16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse ¹  replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”

1 Samuel 26:6

26:6 David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” Abishai replied, “I will go down with you.”

1 Samuel 28:2

28:2 David replied to Achish, “That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!” Achish said to David, “Then I will make you my bodyguard ²  from now on.” ³ 

1 Samuel 28:21

28:21 When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, “Your servant has done what you asked. ⁴  I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 28:23

28:23 But he refused, saying, “I won’t eat!” Both his servants and the woman urged ⁶  him to eat, so he gave in. ⁷  He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed.

[16:11]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.

[28:2]  ² tn Heb “the guardian for my head.”

[28:2]  ³ tn Heb “all the days.”

[28:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “listened to your voice.”

[28:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “listened to your words that you spoke to me.”

[28:23]  ⁶ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַיִּפְצְרוּ (vayyiftseru, “and they pressed”; from the root פצר, psr) rather than the MT’s וַיִּפְרְצוּ (vayyifretsu, “and they broke forth”; from the root פרצ, prs).

[28:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “he listened to their voice.”