1 Samuel 6:16

6:16 The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

1 Samuel 10:7

10:7 “When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. ¹ 

1 Samuel 11:8

11:8 When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 ²  strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000. ³ 

1 Samuel 12:21

12:21 You should not turn aside after empty things that can’t profit and can’t deliver, since they are empty. ⁴ 

1 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Jesse presented ⁵  Shammah. But Samuel said, “The Lord has not chosen this one either.”

1 Samuel 30:2

30:2 They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way.

[10:7]  ¹ sn In light of Saul’s commission to be Israel’s deliverer (see v. 1), it is likely that some type of military action against the Philistines (see v.5) is implied.

[11:8]  ² tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss read 600,000 here, rather than the MT’s 300,000.

[11:8]  ³ tc The LXX, two Old Latin mss, and a Qumran ms read 70,000 here, rather than the MT’s 30,000.

[12:21]  ⁴ tn Or “useless” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT); NAB “nothing”; NASB “futile”; TEV “are not real.”

[16:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “caused to pass by.”