2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ¹  sent his son Joram ²  to King David to extend his best wishes ³  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁴  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 9:10

9:10 You will cultivate ⁶  the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce ⁷  and it will be ⁸  food for your master’s grandson to eat. ⁹  But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

[8:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:10]  ² tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

[8:10]  ³ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[8:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”

[9:10]  ⁶ tn Heb “work.”

[9:10]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

[9:10]  ⁸ tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

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