1 Chronicles 14:14
14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 1 This time 2 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 3
1 Chronicles 19:7
19:7 They hired 32,000 chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle.
1 Chronicles 20:3
20:3 He removed the city’s residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. 4 This was his policy 5 with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem.
1 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
2 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
3 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.
4 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).
5 tn Heb “and so he would do.”