2 Samuel 14:22

14:22 Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked ¹  the king. Joab said, “Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your ²  servant!”

2 Samuel 24:22

24:22 Araunah told David, “My lord the king may take whatever he wishes ³  and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges ⁴  and harnesses ⁵  for wood.

[14:22]  ¹ tn Heb “blessed.”

[14:22]  ² tc The present translation reads with the Qere “your” rather than the MT “his.”

[24:22]  ³ tn Heb “what is good in his eyes.”

[24:22]  ⁴ sn Threshing sledges were heavy boards used in ancient times for loosening grain from husks. On the bottom sides of these boards sharp stones were embedded, and the boards were then dragged across the grain on a threshing floor by an ox or donkey.

[24:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “the equipment of the oxen.”