Text -- 2 Samuel 6:1 (NET)

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6:1 David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 6:1

¹ tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

² tn Or “chosen.”