5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem 1 against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites 2 said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”
18:3 But the soldiers replied, 3 “You should not do this! 4 For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. 5 Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you 6 are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some
3 tn Heb “the people said.”
4 tn Heb “march out.”
5 tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”
6 tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).