12:16 Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David’s stronghold.
12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, 3 there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. 4
1 tn Heb “ones armed with bow[s], using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul from Benjamin.”
2 tn The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons, because of the length of the intervening material since the beginning of the verse.
3 tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”
4 tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”