12:33 From Zebulun there were 50,000 warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. 1
12:37 From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.
1 tn Heb “from Zebulun, those going out for battle, prepared for war with all weapons of war, 50,000, and to help without a heart and a heart.”
2 tn Heb “with all strength.”
3 tn Heb “with songs and with zithers [meaning uncertain] and with harps.” Due to the collocation with “harps,” some type of stringed instrument is probably in view.
3 tn Heb “cut off.”
4 tn Heb “and I will make for you a name like the name of the great men who are in the earth.”
4 tc Heb “and David placed in Aram of Damascus.” The object נְצִיבִים (nÿtsivim, “garrisons”) appears to have been accidentally omitted from the text. See v. 13, as well as the parallel passage in 2 Sam 8:6, which includes it.
5 tn Or “delivered.”
6 tn Or “wherever he went.”
5 tn Or “delivered.”
6 tn Or “wherever he went.”
6 tn Heb “wealth and honor [are] from before you.”
7 tn Heb “and in your hand [is] strength and might and in your hand to magnify and to give strength to all.”