2 Samuel 6:1

David again assembled ¹  all the best ²  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

2Sa 5:1; 1Ki 8:1; 1Ch 13:1-4; Ps 132:1-6

¹ tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

² tn Or “chosen.”