¹ tn Heb “Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah.”

¹ tn Heb “will meet” (so NIV); NLT “will mingle there.”

² tn Heb “draw out spear and lance to meet.”

¹ sn The tent of meeting. See Exod 33:7-11.

² tn Heb “so that the pursuers might not meet you.”

² tn The verb פָּגַשׁ (pagash) means “to meet; to encounter.” In the Niphal it means “to meet each other; to meet together” (cf. KJV, ASV). The focus in this passage is on what they share in common.

³ tn Heb “arise to meet me and see.” The Hebrew verb קָרָא (qaraʾ, “to meet; to encounter”) here carries the nuance of “to help.”

² tn The verb פָּגַע (pagaʿ) means “to encounter; to meet,” but also “to meet with request; to intercede; to interpose.” The latter meaning is a derived meaning by usage.

¹ tn Heb “to meet them.” This may indicate purpose on Samuel’s part. The next sentence indicates that the meeting was by design, not just an accident.

³ tn Grk “go up to,” but in this context a meeting is implied.

³ tn Or “die” (KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV); cf. NAB “shall meet death.”

¹ tn Heb “Let a man meet” (so NASB); NLT “It is safer to meet.” The infinitive absolute פָּגוֹשׁ (pagosh, “to meet”) functions as a jussive of advice. The bear meeting a man is less dangerous than a fool in his folly. It could be worded as a “better” saying, but that formula is not found here.

³ tn Heb “they burn down all the meeting places of God in the land.”

³ tn Heb “and David was deployed to meet Aram [for] battle and they fought with him.”

² tn Heb “and Israel went out to meet the Philistines for battle.”

² tn Heb “meet [with hostility]”; “harm.” In light of v. 13, “kill” is an appropriate translation.

³ tn Heb “and look, a young lion of the lions was roaring to meet him.”

² sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

¹ sn On the tent of meeting see Exod 33:7-11.

² tn The verse uses כֹּה (koh) twice: “Station yourself here…I will meet [the Lord] there.”