1 tn Heb “saying, “In this way Joab spoke and in this way he answered me.”
2 tn Heb “The king answered and said to.”
3 tn Heb “the man of God” (a second time later in this verse, and once in v. 7 and v. 8).
4 tn Heb “appease the face of.”
5 tn Heb “appeased the face of the
6 tn Heb “and it was as in the beginning.”
3 tn Heb “all which you sent to your servant in the beginning I will do, but this thing I am unable to do.”