2 Samuel 3:8

3:8 These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating ¹  loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives ²  and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today! ³ 

2 Samuel 18:12

18:12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if ⁴  I were receiving ⁵  a thousand pieces of silver, ⁶  I would not strike ⁷  the king’s son! In our very presence ⁸  the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ ⁹ 

2 Samuel 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I ¹⁰  taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I ¹¹  continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

[3:8]  ¹ tn Heb “I do.”

[3:8]  ² tn Heb “brothers.”

[3:8]  ³ tn Heb “and you have laid upon me the guilt of the woman today.”

[18:12]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וְלוּ (vÿlu, “and if”) rather than MT וְלֹא (vÿlo’, “and not”).

[18:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “weighing out in my hand.”

[18:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “a thousand [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 25 pounds (11.4 kg) of silver by weight.

[18:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “extend my hand against.”

[18:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “in our ears.”

[18:12]  ⁹ tc The Hebrew text is very difficult here. The MT reads מִי (mi, “who”), apparently yielding the following sense: “Show care, whoever you might be, for the youth Absalom.” The Syriac Peshitta reads li (“for me”), the Hebrew counterpart of which may also lie behind the LXX rendering μοι (moi, “for me”). This reading seems preferable here, since it restores sense to the passage and most easily explains the rise of the variant.

[19:35]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:35]  ¹¹ tn Heb “your servant.”