Kejadian 25:22

25:22 But the children struggled ¹  inside her, and she said, “If it is going to be like this, I’m not so sure I want to be pregnant!” ²  So she asked the Lord, ³ 

Hakim-hakim 20:18

20:18 The Israelites went up to Bethel ⁴  and asked God, ⁵  “Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?” ⁶  The Lord said, “Judah should lead.”

Hakim-hakim 20:23

20:23 The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, “Should we ⁷  again march out to fight ⁸  the Benjaminites, our brothers?” ⁹  The Lord said, “Attack them!” ¹⁰ 

Hakim-hakim 20:27

20:27 The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God’s covenant was there in those days;

Hakim-hakim 20:1

Civil War Breaks Out

20:1 All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba ¹¹  and from the land of Gilead ¹²  left their homes ¹³  and assembled together ¹⁴  before the Lord at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 14:18

14:18 So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” ¹⁵  for he was at that time wearing the ephod. ¹⁶ 

1 Samuel 14:2

14:2 Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 5:1-2

The Ark Causes Trouble for the Philistines

5:1 Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 5:2 The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon.

1 Raja-raja 1:2

1:2 His servants advised ¹⁷  him, “A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, ¹⁸  to take care of the king’s needs ¹⁹  and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you ²⁰  and keep our master, the king, warm.” ²¹ 

1 Raja-raja 8:8

8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. ²²  They have remained there to this very day.

[25:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word used here suggests a violent struggle that was out of the ordinary.

[25:22]  ² tn Heb “If [it is] so, why [am] I this [way]?” Rebekah wanted to know what was happening to her, but the question itself reflects a growing despair over the struggle of the unborn children.

[25:22]  ³ sn Asked the Lord. In other passages (e.g., 1 Sam 9:9) this expression refers to inquiring of a prophet, but no details are provided here.

[20:18]  ⁴ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

[20:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “They arose and went up to Bethel and asked God, and the Israelites said.”

[20:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “Who should go up for us first for battle against the sons of Benjamin?”

[20:23]  ⁷ tn Heb “I” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ⁸ tn Heb “approach for battle.”

[20:23]  ⁹ tn Heb “my brother” (collective singular).

[20:23]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Go up against him” (collective singular).

[20:1]  ¹¹ sn Dan was located in the far north of the country, while Beer Sheba was located in the far south. This encompassed all the territory of the land of Canaan occupied by the Israelites.

[20:1]  ¹² sn The land of Gilead was on the eastern side of the Jordan River.

[20:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “went out.”

[20:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and the assembly was convened as one man.”

[14:18]  ¹⁵ tc Heb “the ark of God.” It seems unlikely that Saul would call for the ark, which was several miles away in Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Sam 7:2). The LXX and an Old Latin ms have “ephod” here, a reading which harmonizes better with v. 3 and fits better with the verb “bring near” (see 1 Sam 23:9; 30:7) and with the expression “withdraw your hand” in v.19. This reading is followed in the present translation (cf. NAB, TEV, NLT).

[14:18]  ¹⁶ tc Heb “for the ark of God was in that day, and the sons of Israel.” The translation follows the text of some Greek manuscripts. See the previous note.

[1:2]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “said to.”

[1:2]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “let them seek for my master, the king, a young girl, a virgin.” The third person plural subject of the verb is indefinite (see GKC 460 §144.f). The appositional expression, “a young girl, a virgin,” is idiomatic; the second term specifically defines the more general first term (see IBHS 230 §12.3b).

[1:2]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and she will stand before the king.” The Hebrew phrase “stand before” can mean “to attend; to serve” (BDB 764 s.v. עָמַד).

[1:2]  ²⁰ tn Heb “and she will lie down in your bosom.” The expression might imply sexual intimacy (see 2 Sam 12:3 [where the lamb symbolizes Bathsheba] and Mic 7:5), though v. 4b indicates that David did not actually have sex with the young woman.

[1:2]  ²¹ tn Heb “and my master, the king, will be warm.”

[8:8]  ²² tn Heb “they could not be seen outside.”