Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. 3 He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. 4
11:20 Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three 6 elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear 7 and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. 8
12:1 These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished 9 from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle.
14:8 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed 10 king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. 11 When David heard about it, he marched out against 12 them.
17:1 When David had settled into his palace, 17 he 18 said to Nathan the prophet, “Look, I am living in a palace 19 made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord’s covenant is under a tent.” 20
20:6 In a battle in Gath 37 there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot – twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.
22:2 David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God’s temple.
25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: 40 Gedaliah, Zeri, 41 Jeshaiah, 42 Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, 43 under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
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.
28:13 He gave him the regulations 44 for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord’s temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord’s temple.
28:14 He gave him 45 the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord’s temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service, 46
He gave him 47 the blueprint for the seat 48 of the gold cherubim that spread their wings 49 and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord’s covenant.
1 tn Heb “and they were helped against them and they were given over into their hand, the Hagrites and all who were with them, for to God they cried out in the battle and he was entreated [or “allowed himself to be entreated”] by them for they trusted in him.”
2 tn Heb “and these are the number of the warriors who were David’s.”
3 tc The marginal reading (Qere) has “officers;” the consonantal text (Kethib) has “the Thirty” (see v. 15).
4 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against 300, [who were] slain at one time.”
5 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
6 tc The Syriac reads “thirty” here and at the beginning of v. 21; this reading is followed by some English translations (cf. NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).
7 tn Heb “he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain.”
8 tn Heb “and to him [reading with the Qere] there was a name among the three.”
9 tn Heb “kept from.”
10 tn Or “designated”; NCV “had been made king”; CEV “had become king.”
11 tn Heb “to seek David.”
12 tn Heb “went out before.”
13 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”
14 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
15 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.
16 tn Heb “which he commanded Israel.”
17 tn Heb “house.”
18 tn Heb “David.” The pronoun “he” has been used in the translation here to avoid redundancy in keeping with contemporary English style.
19 tn Heb “house.”
20 tn Heb “tent curtains.”
21 sn The one who ruled before you is a reference to Saul, from whom the kingdom was taken and given to David.
22 tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the
23 tn Heb “from.”
24 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:12 of the MT reads “Aram.” However, a few Hebrew
25 tn Heb “shaved them.” See v. 5.
26 tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto the buttocks.”
27 tn Heb “they.” The logical referent, though not specified in the Hebrew text, has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
28 map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.
29 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
30 tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:17 “he came to Helam.”
tn Heb “and he came to them and was deployed against them.”
31 tn Heb “and David was deployed to meet Aram [for] battle and they fought with him.”
32 tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
33 tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”
34 sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
35 tc The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת (mÿgerot, “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת (magzÿrot, “axes”).
36 tn Heb “and so he would do.”
37 tn Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”
38 tn Or “tokens of peace.”
39 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the
40 tn Heb “belonging to Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun.”
41 tn This name appears as “Izri” in v. 10.
42 tc One Hebrew
43 tc The list includes only five names. Apparently the name “Shimei” (see v. 17), which appears in one medieval Hebrew
44 tn The words “he gave him the regulations” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
45 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
46 tn Heb “for the gold, by the weight, for the gold, for all the items of service and service, for all the items of silver by weight for all the items of service and service.”
47 tn The words “he gave him” are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.
48 tc The Hebrew text reads מֶרְכָּבָה (merkavah, “chariot”), but the final he (ה) is probably dittographic – note the prefixed he (ה) on the immediately following word. It is preferable to read מֶרְכָּב (merkav, “seat”).
49 tc The Hebrew text does not have “their wings,” but the word כְּנָפַיִם (kÿnafayim, “wings”) has probably been accidentally omitted by homoioteleuton. Note that the immediately preceding לְפֹרְשִׂים (lÿforsim) also ends in mem (ם).