1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of 1  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 12:3

12:3 Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. 2  Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, 3  and I will return it to you!”

1 Samuel 29:4

29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said 4  to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become 5  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? 6 

1 tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

2 tn Heb “anointed [one].”

3 tn The words “tell me” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

4 tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

5 tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

6 tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.