2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ¹  king over Israel, they all ²  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 17:9

17:9 At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, ³  whoever hears about it will say, ‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

[17:9]  ³ tn Heb “that he falls on them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] at the first [encounter]; or “that some of them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] fall at the first [encounter].”