1 Samuel 14:7

14:7 His armor bearer said to him, “Do everything that is on your mind. ¹  Do as you’re inclined. I’m with you all the way!” ² 

1 Samuel 14:14

14:14 In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.

1 Samuel 17:38

17:38 Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him.

1 Samuel 31:10

31:10 They placed Saul’s armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths ³  and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan.

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¹ tn Heb “in your heart.”

² tn Heb “Look, I am with you, according to your heart.” See the note at 13:14.

³ sn The Semitic goddess Astarte was associated with love and war in the ancient Near East. See the note on the same term in 7:3.