2 Samuel 19:28

19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather ¹  who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! ²  What further claim do I have to ask ³  the king for anything?”

2 Samuel 21:9

21:9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them ⁴  died ⁵  together; they were put to death during harvest time – during the first days of the beginning ⁶  of the barley harvest.

[19:28]  ¹ tn Heb “father.”

[19:28]  ² tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”

[19:28]  ³ tn Heb “to cry out to.”

[21:9]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading שְׁבַעְתָּם (shÿva’tam, “the seven of them”) rather than MT שִׁבַעְתִּים (shiva’tim, “seventy”).

[21:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “fell.”

[21:9]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בִּתְחִלַּת (bithkhillat, “in the beginning”) rather than MT תְחִלַּת (tÿkhillat, “beginning of”).