1 tn Heb “and David went out before them and answered and said to them.”
2 tn Heb “there will be to me concerning you a heart for unity.”
3 tn Heb “with no violence in my hands.”
4 tn Heb “fathers.”
5 tn The name is spelled “Joram” in the parallel text in 2 Sam 8:10.
6 tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”
7 tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Tou.”
8 tn Heb “[along with] all items of gold and silver and bronze.”
9 tn Heb “man of rest.”
10 tn Heb “his enemies all around.”
11 sn The name Solomon (שְׁלֹמֹה, shÿlomoh) sounds like (and may be derived from) the Hebrew word for “peace” (שָׁלוֹם, shalom).
12 tn Heb “in his days.”