2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth 1  bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?” 2 

2 Samuel 14:4

14:4 So the Tekoan woman went 3  to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, “Please help me, 4  O king!”

2 Samuel 24:20

24:20 When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he 5  went out and bowed to the king with his face 6  to the ground.

1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

2 tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

3 tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וַתַּבֹא (vattavo’, “and she went”) rather than the MT וַתֹּאמֶר (vatto’mer, “and she said”). The MT reading shows confusion with וַתֹּאמֶר later in the verse. The emendation suggested here is supported by the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, some mss of the Targum, and Vulgate.

4 tn The word “me” is left to be inferred in the Hebrew text; it is present in the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate.

5 tn Heb “Araunah.” The name has been replaced in the translation by the pronoun (“he”) for stylistic reasons.

6 tn Heb “nostrils.”