2 Samuel 3:18
Konteks3:18 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.’”
2 Samuel 23:21
Konteks23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. 3 The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked 4 him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.
[3:18] 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.
[3:18] 2 tn Heb “from the hand of.”
[23:21] 3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew