Footnotes

1. 1 Samuel 15:5 tc The LXX has the plural here, “cities.”
2. 1 Samuel 15:5 tc The translation follows the LXX and Vulgate which assume a reading וַיָּאָרֶב (vayyaʾarev, “and he set an ambush,” from the root אָרַב [ʾarav] with quiescence of alef) rather than the MT, which has וַיָּרֶב (vayyareb, “and he contended,” from the root רִיב [riv]).
3. 1 Samuel 15:5 tn That is, “the dry stream bed.”
4. 1 Samuel 15:6 tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסְפָךְ (ʾesfak, “I sweep you away,” from the root סָפָה [safah]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (ʾosif^eka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אָסַף [ʾasaf]).
5. 1 Samuel 15:7 tn Heb “[as] you enter.”