2 Samuel 3:14-16

3:14 David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: ¹  “Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired ²  for a hundred Philistine foreskins.” 3:15 So Ish-bosheth took her ³  from her husband Paltiel ⁴  son of Laish. 3:16 Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, “Go back!” ⁵  So he returned home.

[3:14]  ¹ tn Heb “to Ish-bosheth son of Saul saying.” To avoid excessive sibilance (especially when read aloud) the translation renders “saying” as “with this demand.”

[3:14]  ² tn Heb “whom I betrothed to myself.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Heb “sent and took her.”

[3:15]  ⁴ tn In 1 Sam 25:44 this name appears as “Palti.”

[3:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “Go, return.”