1 Chronicles 12:38

12:38 All these men were warriors who were ready to march. 1  They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; 2  all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. 3 

1 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 4  This time 5  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 6 

1 tc Heb “all these [were] men of war, helpers of the battle line.” The present translation assumes an emendation of עֹדְרֵי (’odÿrey, “helpers of”) to עֹרְכֵי, (’orÿkhey, “prepared for”).

2 tn Heb “with a complete heart they came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel.”

3 tn Heb “and also all the rest of Israel [was of] one mind to make David king.”

4 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

5 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

6 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.