2:10 I brought you up from the land of Egypt;
I led you through the wilderness for forty years
so you could take the Amorites’ land as your own.
6:4 They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, 1
and sprawl out on their couches.
They eat lambs from the flock,
and calves from the middle of the pen.
6:13 You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. 2
You say, “Did we not conquer Karnaim 3 by our own power?”
1 tn Heb “beds of ivory.”
2 tn Heb “those who rejoice over Lo-Debar.”
sn Lo-Debar was located across the Jordan River in Gilead, which the Israelite army had conquered. However, there is stinging irony here, for in Hebrew the name Lo-Debar means “nothing.” In reality Israel was happy over nothing of lasting consequence.
3 sn Karnaim was also located across the Jordan River. The name in Hebrew means “double horned.” Since an animal’s horn was a symbol of strength (see Deut 33:17), the Israelites boasted in this victory over a town whose very name symbolized military power.