2 Samuel 5:21

5:21 The Philistines ¹  abandoned their idols ²  there, and David and his men picked them up.

2 Samuel 9:10

9:10 You will cultivate ³  the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce ⁴  and it will be ⁵  food for your master’s grandson to eat. ⁶  But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

[5:21]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:21]  ² tc For “idols” the LXX and Vulgate have “gods.”

[9:10]  ³ tn Heb “work.”

[9:10]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

[9:10]  ⁵ tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

[9:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he will eat it.”