Text -- 2 Samuel 21:4 (NET)

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 21:4

¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.