1 Samuel 6:20

6:20 The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark 1  go up from here?”

1 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Now take your positions, so I may confront you 2  before the Lord regarding all the Lord’s just actions toward you and your ancestors. 3 

1 Samuel 17:30

17:30 Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, 4  but they 5  gave him the same answer as before.

1 Samuel 17:57

17:57 So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

1 Samuel 23:18

23:18 When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house.

1 Samuel 25:23

25:23 When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground.

1 tn Heb “he” or “it”; the referent here (the ark) has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. also NIV, CEV, NLT). Others, however, take the referent to be the Lord himself.

2 tn Heb “and I will enter into judgment with you” (NRSV similar); NAB “and I shall arraign you.”

3 tn Heb “all the just actions which he has done with you and with your fathers.”

4 tn Heb “and spoke according to this word.”

5 tn Heb “the people.”