¹ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

² tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

¹ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

² tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

² tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

² tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

⁶ sn The dagesh lene in כּי (ki) following the vowel ending the verb וְהַבִּיטָה (v^ehabbitah, “consider”) indicates a dramatic pause between calling for the Lord’s attention and stating the allegation to be seen and considered.

¹ sn Silvanus is usually considered to be the same person as Silas (L&N 93.340).

³ sn The Jewish religious leaders considered the work involved in making the mud to be a violation of the Sabbath.

³ tn Grk “may your name be held in reverence” or “may your name be considered holy”; traditionally, “hallowed be your name.”

³ tn Grk “may your name be held in reverence” or “may your name be considered holy”; traditionally, “hallowed be your name.”

² sn The woods were typically considered to be places of danger (Ps 104:20-21; Jer 5:6).

¹ sn Unclean food among the nations. Lands outside of Israel were considered unclean (Josh 22:19; Amos 7:17).

¹ sn The question forces the Philistines to consider the dilemma they will face—surrender and oppression, or battle and death.

³ tn The verse is not present in the LXX. It may be that it was considered too blasphemous and therefore omitted.

¹ tc Many commentators consider אוּלַי (ʾulay, “perhaps”) to be a misspelling in the MT in place of לוּלֵי (luley, “if not”).

¹ tn Heb “And if.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here.

¹ tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have adversative force here (cf. KJV, NASB, NIV).

² tn Heb “and you will not.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.

¹ tn Heb “And.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative or even inferential force here.