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 1 of his father.
21:14 They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything 3 that the king had commanded, God responded to their prayers 4 for the land.
1 tc The Greek recensions of Origen and Lucian have here “house” for “grave.”
2 tn Heb “your servant.”
3 tc Many medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “was entreated.” The verb is an example of the so-called niphal tolerativum, with the sense that God allowed himself to be supplicated through prayer (cf. GKC 137 §51.c).