Discovery Box2 Samuel 10:4 
Context10:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, 1 and then sent them away.
2 Samuel 19:40
Context19:40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham 2 crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers 3 of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. 4
1 tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto their buttocks.”
2 tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.
3 tn Heb “people.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
