1 Samuel 17:12

17:12 ¹ Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem ²  in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul’s days he was old and well advanced in years. ³ 

1 Samuel 17:52

17:52 Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. ⁴  They chased the Philistines to the valley ⁵  and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

1 Samuel 22:5

22:5 Then Gad the prophet said to David, “Don’t stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah.” So David left and went to the forest of Hereth.

1 Samuel 23:3

23:3 But David’s men said to him, “We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?”

1 Samuel 23:23

23:23 Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. ⁶  Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him ⁷  among all the thousands of Judah.”

1 Samuel 30:26

30:26 When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, “Here’s a gift ⁸  for you from the looting of the Lord’s enemies!”

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¹ tc Some mss of the LXX lack vv. 12-31.

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

³ tc The translation follows the Lucianic recension of the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta in reading “in years,” rather than MT “among men.”

⁴ tn Heb “arose and cried out.”

⁵ tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”

⁶ tn Heb “established.”

⁷ tn Heb “I will search him out.”

⁸ tn Heb “blessing.”