2 Samuel 6:20

6:20 When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, ¹  Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. ²  She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished ³  himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool ⁴  might do!”

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ⁵  sent his son Joram ⁶  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁷  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁸  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”

² tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “honored.”

⁴ tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”

⁵ tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁶ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

⁷ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁸ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

⁹ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”