21:18 So the Lord’s messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build 6 an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
1 sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.
2 tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”
3 tn Heb “head and officer.”
4 tn Heb “went up.”
5 tn Heb “head.”
6 tn Heb “that he should go up to raise up.”