20:5 There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, 5 whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver’s loom. 6
24:19 This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord’s temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor 10 Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. 11
27:5 The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,000 men.
1 tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”
2 tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the
3 tn Heb “from.”
4 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew
5 tc The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי (lakhmiy, “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית (bet), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’et-lakhmiy) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי (bet hallakhmiy, “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19.
6 tc See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19.
7 tn Or “high place.”
8 tn Heb “which the
9 tn Or perhaps, “and don’t get discouraged.”
10 tn Heb “father.”
11 tn Heb “these were their responsibilities for their service to enter the house of the