18:38 I beat them 1 to death; 2
they fall at my feet. 3
1 tn Or “smash them.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “and I wiped them out and smashed them.”
2 tn Heb “until they are unable to rise.” 2 Sam 22:39 reads, “until they do not rise.”
3 sn They fall at my feet. For ancient Near Eastern parallels, see O. Keel, The Symbolism of the Biblical World, 294-97.