1 tc Some read here “Ephes Dammim.” See 1 Sam 17:1.
2 tc The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.
3 tn Heb “and it was on the head of David.”
4 sn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.