Discovery Box1 Samuel 5:7 
Context5:7 When the people 1 of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked 2 both us and our god Dagon!”
1 Samuel 5:10
Context5:10 So they sent the ark of God to Ekron.
But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here 3 to kill our 4 people!”
1 Samuel 12:19
Context12:19 All the people said to Samuel, “Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us – your servants – so we won’t die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king.” 5
1 Samuel 14:10
Context14:10 But if they say, ‘Come up against us,’ we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand – it will be a sign to us.”
1 Samuel 15:15
Context15:15 Saul said, “They were brought 6 from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”
1 Samuel 17:9
Context17:9 If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us.”
1 Samuel 17:47
Context17:47 and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord’s, and he will deliver you into our hand.”
1 Samuel 25:17
Context25:17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. 7 He is such a wicked person 8 that no one tells him anything!”
1 Samuel 30:23
Context30:23 But David said, “No! You shouldn’t do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! 9 He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us.
1 tn Heb “men.”
2 tn Heb “for his hand is severe upon.”
3 tn Heb “to me.”
4 tn Heb “my.”
5 tn Heb “for we have added to all our sins an evil [thing] by asking for ourselves a king.”
6 tn Heb “they brought them.”
7 tn Heb “all his house” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB, NLT “his whole family.”
8 tn Heb “he is a son of worthlessness.”
9 tc This clause is difficult in the MT. The present translation accepts the text as found in the MT and understands this clause to be elliptical, with an understood verb such as “look” or “consider.” On the other hand, the LXX seems to reflect a slightly different Hebrew text, reading “after” where the MT has “my brothers.” The Greek translation yields the following translation: “You should not do this after the
