translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “stuck close after.”


text: Heb “the Philistines.”


text: Heb “and the battle was heavy against Saul.”


text: Heb “the shooters, men with the bow.”


text: Heb “fallen.”


text: Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity (likewise in the following verse).


label: NET textual note

text: The translation follows the MT, which vocalizes the verb as a Qal. The LXX, however, treats the verb as a Hiphil, “they brought.”