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 7:11

7:11 Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car.

1 Samuel 11:8

11:8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 ⁴  strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000. ⁵ 

1 Samuel 16:6

16:6 When they arrived, Samuel ⁶  noticed ⁷  Eliab and said to himself, ⁸  “Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!” ⁹ 

1 Samuel 30:3

30:3 When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. ¹⁰  Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive.

[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.”

[11:8]  ⁴ tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss read 600,000 here, rather than the MT’s 300,000.

[11:8]  ⁵ tc The LXX, two Old Latin mss, and a Qumran ms read 70,000 here, rather than the MT’s 30,000.

[16:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Samuel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[16:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “saw.”

[16:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “said”; the words “to himself” are implied, given the secrecy surrounding Samuel’s mission to Bethlehem (v. 2).

[16:6]  ⁹ tn Heb “his anointed one.”

[30:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and David and his men came to the city, and look, it was burned with fire.”