Discovery Box1 Samuel 13:3 
Context13:3 Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost 1 that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted 2 all the land saying, “Let the Hebrews pay attention!”
1 Samuel 13:16
Context13:16 Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. 3
1 Samuel 14:14
Context14:14 In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre.
1 Samuel 14:29
Context14:29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed 4 when I tasted just a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 14:49
Context14:49 The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua. 5 He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal.
1 Samuel 19:2
Context19:2 So Jonathan told David, “My father Saul is trying 6 to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find 7 a hiding place and stay in seclusion. 8
1 Samuel 19:6
Context19:6 Saul accepted Jonathan’s advice 9 and took an oath, “As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death.”
1 Samuel 20:11
Context20:11 Jonathan said to David, “Come on. Let’s go out to the field.”
When the two of them had gone out into the field,
1 Samuel 20:25
Context20:25 The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him 10 and Abner at his side. 11 But David’s place was vacant.
1 Samuel 20:36
Context20:36 He said to his servant, “Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot.” As the servant ran, Jonathan 12 shot the arrow beyond him.
1 Samuel 20:40
Context20:40 Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, “Go, take these things back to the city.”
1 Samuel 23:18
Context23:18 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 31:2
Context31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels 13 of Saul and his sons. They 14 struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.
1 tn Or perhaps “struck down the Philistine official.” See the note at 1 Sam 10:5. Cf. TEV “killed the Philistine commander.”
2 tn Heb “blew the ram’s horn in.”
3 tn The juxtaposition of disjunctive clauses in v.16 indicates synchronic action.
4 tc The LXX reads “saw.” See v. 27.
5 sn The list differs from others. In 1 Sam 31:2 (= 1 Chr 10:2), Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua are listed as Saul’s sons, while 1 Chr 8:33 and 9:39 list Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
6 tn Heb “seeking.”
7 tn Heb “stay in.”
8 tn Heb “and hide yourself.”
9 tn Heb “and Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan.”
10 tc Heb “and Jonathan arose.” Instead of MT’s וַיָּקָם (vayyaqam, “and he arose”; from the hollow verbal root קוּם, qum), the translation assumes a reading וַיִּקַדֵּם (vayyiqaddem, “and he was in front of”; from the verbal root קדם, qdm). See P. K. McCarter, I Samuel (AB), 338.
11 tn Heb “and Abner sat at the side of Saul.”
12 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Jonathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “stuck close after.”
14 tn Heb “the Philistines.”
