1 Samuel 7:6

7:6 After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, “We have sinned against the Lord.” So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah.

1 Samuel 17:51

17:51 David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath’s sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away.

1 Samuel 30:6

30:6 David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.


tn Heb “said.”

tn Heb “judged”; NAB “began to judge”; TEV “settled disputes among.”

tn Heb “his”; the referent (Goliath) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tc Most LXX mss lack the words “drew it from its sheath.”

tn Heb “people.”

tn Heb “said to stone him.”

tn Heb “for bitter was the soul of all the people, each one.”