25:2 There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; 4 he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.
19:4 So Jonathan spoke on David’s behalf 6 to his father Saul. He said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial 7 for you.
1 tc Heb “you will do [something] a third time.” The translation assumes an emendation of the verb from שִׁלַּשְׁתָּ (shillashta, “to do a third time”) to שִׁלִּישִׁית (shillishit, “[on the] third [day]”).
2 tn Heb “you must go down greatly.” See Judg 19:11 for the same idiom.
3 tn Heb “on the day of the deed.” This probably refers to the incident recorded in 19:2.
4 tn Heb “great.”
7 tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”
10 tn Heb “spoke good with respect to David.”
11 tn Heb “good.”