Discovery Box1 Samuel 5:6 
Context5:6 The Lord attacked 1 the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of 2 both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. 3
1 Samuel 5:12
Context5:12 The people 4 who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.
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 22:19
Context22:19 As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep – all with the sword.
1 Samuel 29:5
Context29:5 Isn’t this David, of whom they sang as they danced, 5
‘Saul has struck down his thousands,
but David his tens of thousands’?”
1 Samuel 30:17
Context30:17 But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels. 6
1 Samuel 31:2
Context31:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels 7 of Saul and his sons. They 8 struck down Saul’s sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.
1 tn Heb “the hand of the
2 tn The words “the people of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.
3 tc The LXX and Vulgate add the following: “And mice multiplied in their land, and the terror of death was throughout the entire city.”
tn Or “tumors” (so ASV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT); NCV “growths on their skin”; KJV “emerods”; NAB “hemorrhoids.”
4 tn Heb “men.”
5 tn Heb “in dances.”
6 tn Heb “who rode on camels and fled.”
7 tn Heb “stuck close after.”
8 tn Heb “the Philistines.”
