Discovery Box2 Samuel 10:15 
Context10:15 When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. 1
2 Samuel 22:45-46
Context22:45 Foreigners are powerless before me; 2
when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. 3
1 tn Heb “were gathered together.”
2 tn For the meaning “to be weak; to be powerless” for the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash), see Ps 109:24. Verse 46, which also mentions foreigners, favors this interpretation. Another option is to translate “cower in fear” (see Deut 33:29; Pss 66:3; 81:15).
3 tn Heb “at a report of an ear they submit to me.” The report of David’s exploits is so impressive that those who hear it submit to his rulership without putting up a fight.
4 tn Heb “wither, wear out.”
5 tc The translation assumes a reading וְיַחְרְגוּ (vÿyakhrÿgu, “and they quaked”) rather than the MT וְיַחְגְּרוּ (vÿyakhgÿru, “and they girded themselves”). See the note at Ps 18:45.
6 tn Heb “from.”
7 tn Heb “prisons.” Their besieged cities are compared to prisons.
