Discovery Box1 Samuel 7:15 
Context7:15 So Samuel led 1 Israel all the days of his life.
1 Samuel 8:12
Context8:12 He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, 2 as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment.
1 Samuel 14:27
Context14:27 But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, 3 his eyes gleamed. 4
1 Samuel 17:40
Context17:40 He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch 5 of his shepherd’s bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine.
1 Samuel 18:4
Context18:4 Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt.
1 tn Heb “judged” (also in v. 17).
2 tc The numbers of v. 12 are confused in the Greek and Syriac versions. For “fifties” the LXX has “hundreds.” The Syriac Peshitta has “heads of thousands and heads of hundreds and heads of fifties and heads of tens,” perhaps reflecting influence from Deut 1:15.
3 tn Heb “and he returned his hand to his mouth.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew
5 tn This Hebrew word occurs only here and its exact meaning is not entirely clear. It refers to a receptacle of some sort and apparently was a common part of a shepherd’s equipment. Here it serves as a depository for the stones that David will use in his sling.
