12:29 From Benjamin, Saul’s tribe, 4 there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. 5
1 tn Heb “stuck close after.”
2 tn Heb “the Philistines.” The translation has substituted the pronoun “they” to avoid redundancy.
3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”
5 tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”