1 Samuel 5:8

5:8 So they assembled 1  all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, “What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied, “The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

1 Samuel 6:12

6:12 Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 22:17

22:17 Then the king said to the messengers 2  who were stationed beside him, “Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided 3  with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me.” But the king’s servants refused to harm 4  the priests of the Lord.

1 Samuel 30:16

30:16 So he took David 5  down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot 6  they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:21

30:21 Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, 7  those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing.

1 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”

2 tn Heb “runners.”

3 tn Heb “their hand is.”

4 tn Heb “to extend their hand to harm.”

5 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

6 tn Heb “because of all the large plunder.”

7 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun (“him”) has been substituted for the proper name in the translation for stylistic reasons.