1 Samuel 5:7

5:7 When the people ¹  of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked ²  both us and our god Dagon!”

1 Samuel 12:9

12:9 “But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave ³  them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor’s ⁴  army, ⁵  and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

1 Samuel 17:36

17:36 Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. ⁶  For he has defied the armies of the living God!”

[5:7]  ¹ tn Heb “men.”

[5:7]  ² tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”

[12:9]  ³ tn Heb “sold” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “he allowed them to fall into the clutches of Sisera”; NLT “he let them be conquered by Sisera.”

[12:9]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 D2; Map2 D3; Map3 A2; Map4 C1.

[12:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “captain of the host of Hazor.”

[17:36]  ⁶ tc The LXX includes here the following words not found in the MT: “Should I not go and smite him, and remove today reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised one?”