1 Samuel 5:6

5:6 The Lord attacked ¹  the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of ²  both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. ³ 

1 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost ⁴  that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted ⁵  all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”

1 Samuel 17:50

17:50 ⁶ David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. ⁷ 

1 Samuel 19:8

19:8 Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly ⁸  and they ran away from him.

1 Samuel 19:10

19:10 Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul’s presence and the spear drove into the wall. ⁹  David escaped quickly ¹⁰  that night.

1 Samuel 24:5

24:5 Afterward David’s conscience bothered him ¹¹  because he had cut off an edge of Saul’s robe.

[5:6]  ¹ tn Heb “the hand of the Lord was heavy upon.”

[5:6]  ² tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:6]  ³ tc The LXX and Vulgate add the following: “And mice multiplied in their land, and the terror of death was throughout the entire city.”

[5:6]  tn Or “tumors” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “growths on their skin”; KJV “emerods”; NAB “hemorrhoids.”

[13:3]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”

[13:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “blew the ram’s horn in.”

[17:50]  ⁶ tc Most LXX mss lack v. 50.

[17:50]  ⁷ tn Verse 50 is a summary statement; v. 51 gives a more detailed account of how David killed the Philistine.

[19:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “and he struck them down with a great blow.”

[19:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he drove the spear into the wall.”

[19:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “fled and escaped.”

[24:5]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the heart of David struck him.”