2 Samuel 3:18

Act now! For the Lord has said to David, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save ¹  my people Israel from ²  the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”

1Sa 13:14; 1Sa 15:28; 1Sa 16:1,12,13; 2Sa 3:9; Ps 89:3,4,19-23; Ps 132:17,18; Joh 12:42,43

¹ tc The present translation follows the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading “I will save,” rather than the MT “he saved.” The context calls for the 1st person common singular imperfect of the verb rather than the 3rd person masculine singular perfect.

² tn Heb “from the hand of.”