2 Samuel 7:9

7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated 1  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. 2 

2 Samuel 23:20

23:20 Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior 3  from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. 4  He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

1 tn Heb “cut off.”

2 tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חַיִל (khayil, “valor”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, חַי (khay, “life”).

4 tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אריאל is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בני, “sons of,” has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שׁני).