4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.
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
12:32 From Issachar there were 200 leaders and all their relatives at their command – they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. 6
1 tn Heb “ones armed with bow[s], using the right hand and the left hand with stones and with arrows with the bow, from the brothers of Saul from Benjamin.”
2 tn The words “These were” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons, because of the length of the intervening material since the beginning of the verse.
1 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
1 tn Heb “from the sons of Benjamin, the brothers of Saul.”
2 tn Heb “and until then, the majority of them were keeping the charge of the house of Saul.”
1 tn Heb “from the sons of Issachar, knowers of understanding for times to know what Israel should do, their heads [were] 200, and all their brothers according to their mouth.”