1 Samuel 4:7
4:7 The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. 1 They said, “Too bad for 2 us! We’ve never seen anything like this!
1 Samuel 14:22
14:22 When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle.
1 Samuel 19:21
19:21 When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied.
1 Samuel 30:10
30:10 David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there.
1 tn The Hebrew text has a direct quote, “because they said, ‘Gods have come to the camp.’” Even though the verb translated “have come” is singular, the following subject should be taken as plural (“gods”), as v. 8 indicates. Some emend the verb to a plural form.
2 tn Traditionally “woe to.” They thought disaster was imminent.