2 Samuel 11:12

11:12 So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one.

2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.


tn On the chronology involved here see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 287.

tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.