2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed 1  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy 2  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. 3 

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We 4  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, 5  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, 6  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

1 tn Heb “brought out.”

2 tn Heb “and so he would do.”

3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

4 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

5 tn Heb “house.”

6 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.