17:23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave 6 of his father.
19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”
1 tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”
2 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”
3 tn Or “friend.”
4 tn Heb “will lie with” (so NIV, NRSV); TEV “will have intercourse with”; CEV, NLT “will go to bed with.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”
6 tc The Greek recensions of Origen and Lucian have here “house” for “grave.”