2 Samuel 7:26

7:26 so you may gain lasting fame, 1  as people say, 2  ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!’ The dynasty 3  of your servant David will be established before you,

2 Samuel 23:18

23:18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. 4  He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three. 5 

1 tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result.

2 tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

3 tn Heb “the house.” See the note on “dynastic house” in the following verse.

4 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and Vulgate in reading הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה (hashÿlosa, “the three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT הַשָּׁלִשִׁי (hashalisi, “the third,” or “adjutant”). Two medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta have “thirty.”

5 tn Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”