Discovery Box2 Samuel 12:3 
Context12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. 1 It used to 2 eat his food, 3 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 4 It was just like a daughter to him.
2 Samuel 24:24
Context24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”
So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. 5
1 tn Heb “his sons.”
2 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
3 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
4 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
5 tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.
