2 Samuel 22:43

22:43 I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground;

I crush them and stomp on them like clay ¹  in the streets.

2 Samuel 1:20

1:20 Don’t report it in Gath,

don’t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, ² 

or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,

the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!

2 Samuel 13:17-18

13:17 He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight ³  and lock the door behind her!” 13:18 (Now she was wearing a long robe, ⁴  for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s ⁵  attendant removed her and bolted the door ⁶  behind her.

[22:43]  ¹ tn Or “mud” (so NAB, NIV, CEV). See HALOT 374 s.v. טִיט.

[1:20]  ² sn The cities of Gath and Ashkelon are mentioned here by synecdoche of part for the whole. As major Philistine cities they in fact represent all of Philistia. The point is that when the sad news of fallen Israelite leadership reaches the Philistines, it will be for these enemies of Israel the occasion of great joy rather than grief.

[13:17]  ³ tn Heb “send this [one] from upon me to the outside.”

[13:18]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew expression used here (כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים, kÿtonet passim) is found only here and in Gen 37:3, 23, 32. Hebrew פַּס (pas) can refer to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot; here the idea is probably that of a long robe reaching to the feet and having sleeves reaching to the wrists. The notion of a “coat of many colors” (KJV, ASV “garment of divers colors”), a familiar translation for the phrase in Genesis, is based primarily on the translation adopted in the LXX χιτῶνα ποικίλον (citona poikilion) and does not have a great deal of support.

[13:18]  ⁵ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:18]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew verb is a perfect with nonconsecutive vav, probably indicating an action (locking the door) that complements the preceding one (pushing her out the door).