13:34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west 5 on a road beside the hill.
1 tn Heb “and the anger of the
2 tn Heb “God.”
3 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
4 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.
5 tn Heb “behind him.”