2 Samuel 10:2

10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ¹  to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal ²  to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. ³  When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ⁴  “You should not do this! ⁵  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ⁶  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ⁷  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

[10:2]  ¹ tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[10:2]  ² tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ⁷ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).