2 Samuel 14:22

14:22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked ¹  the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your ²  servant!”

2 Samuel 18:28

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ³  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ⁴  the men who opposed ⁵  my lord the king!”

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¹ tn Heb “blessed.”

² tc The present translation reads with the Qere “your” rather than the MT “his.”

³ tn Heb “Peace.”

⁴ tn Heb “delivered over.”

⁵ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”