1 Samuel 13:15

13:15 Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal 1  to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. 2  Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men.

1 Samuel 17:7

17:7 The shaft 3  of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. 4  His shield bearer was walking before him.

1 Samuel 23:13

23:13 So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. 5  When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition.

1 tc The LXX and two Old Latin mss include the following words here: “on his way. And the rest of the people went up after Saul to meet the warring army. When they arrived from Gilgal….”

2 tn Heb “at Gibeah of Benjamin.” The words “in the territory” are supplied in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).

3 tn The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “wood,” rather than the “arrow” (the reading of the Kethib).

4 sn That is, about fifteen or sixteen pounds.

5 tn Heb “they went where they went.”