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 6:4
6:4 They inquired, “What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?” They replied, “The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.
1 Samuel 6:9
6:9 But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
1 Samuel 9:6
9:6 But the servant said to him, “Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. 2 Now let’s go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here.” 3
1 Samuel 14:12
14:12 Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, “Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!” 4 Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, “Come up behind me, for the Lord has given 5 them into the hand of Israel!”
1 Samuel 16:11
16:11 Then Samuel said to Jesse, “Is that all of the young men?” Jesse 6 replied, “There is still the youngest one, but he’s taking care of the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here.”
1 Samuel 20:29
20:29 He said, ‘Permit me to go, 7 for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged 8 me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go 9 to see my brothers.’ For that reason he has not come to the king’s table.”
1 tn Heb “and they sent and gathered.”
2 tn The infinitive absolute precedes the verb for emphasis.
3 tn Heb “our way on which we have gone.”
4 tn Heb “a thing.”
5 tn The perfect verbal form is used rhetorically here to express Jonathan’s certitude. As far as he is concerned, the victory is as good as won and can be described as such.
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jesse) has been specified in the translation both here and in v. 12 for clarity.
7 tn Heb “send me.”
8 tn Heb “commanded.”
9 tn Heb “be released [from duty].”