2 Samuel 13:32

13:32 Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about ¹  from the day that Amnon ²  humiliated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ³  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ⁴  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ⁵  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

[13:32]  ¹ tn Heb “it was placed on the mouth of Absalom.”

[13:32]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[21:4]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

[21:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[21:4]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.