1 Samuel 29:4

But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said ¹  to him, “Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don’t let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become ²  our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? ³ 

1Sa 14:21; 1Ch 12:19; Lu 16:8

¹ tn Heb “and the leaders of the Philistines said.”

² tn Heb “so that he might not become.”

³ tn Or perhaps, “our men.” On this use of the demonstrative pronoun see Joüon 2:532 §143.e.