2 Samuel 1:4

1:4 David inquired, “How were things going? ¹  Tell me!” He replied, “The people fled from the battle and many of them ²  fell dead. ³  Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”

2 Samuel 3:34

3:34 Your hands ⁴  were not bound,

and your feet were not put into irons.

You fell the way one falls before criminals.”

All the people ⁵  wept over him again.

2 Samuel 18:7

18:7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. ⁶  The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

[1:4]  ¹ tn Heb “What was the word?”

[1:4]  ² tn Heb “from the people.”

[1:4]  ³ tn Heb “fell and died.”

[3:34]  ⁴ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and several ancient versions in reading “your hands,” rather than “your hand.”

[3:34]  ⁵ tc 4QSam^a lacks the words “all the people.”

[18:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 9).