1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ² 

1 Samuel 17:14

17:14 Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul,

1 Samuel 17:29

17:29 David replied, “What have I done now? Can’t I say anything?” ³ 

1 Samuel 17:53

17:53 When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

1 Samuel 25:36

25:36 When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time ⁴  and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing ⁵  until morning’s light.

1 Samuel 30:25

30:25 From that time onward it was a binding ordinance ⁶  for Israel, right up to the present time.

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¹ tn Heb “field.”

² tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”

³ tn Heb “Is it not [just] a word?”

⁴ tn Heb “and the heart of Nabal was good upon him”; NASB, NRSV “Nabal’s heart was merry within him”; NIV “he was in high spirits”; NCV, TEV “was in a good mood”; CEV “was very drunk and feeling good.”

⁵ tn Heb “and she did not tell him a thing, small or large.”

⁶ tn Heb “a statute and a judgment.” The expression is a hendiadys.