Discovery Box1 Samuel 14:18 
Context14:18 So Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring near the ephod,” 1 for he was at that time wearing the ephod. 2
1 Samuel 29:4
Context29:4 But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said 3 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 4 our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? 5
1 tc Heb “the ark of God.” It seems unlikely that Saul would call for the ark, which was several miles away in Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Sam 7:2). The LXX and an Old Latin
2 tc Heb “for the ark of God was in that day, and the sons of Israel.” The translation follows the text of some Greek manuscripts. See the previous note.
3 tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”
4 tn Heb “so that he might not become.”
5 tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.
