1 Samuel 6:7

6:7 So now go and make a new cart. Get two cows that have calves and that have never had a yoke placed on them. Harness the cows to the cart and take their calves from them back to their stalls.

1 Samuel 6:10

6:10 So the men did as instructed. ¹  They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

Micah 1:13

1:13 Residents of Lachish, ²  hitch the horses to the chariots!

You ³  influenced Daughter Zion ⁴  to sin, ⁵ 

for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back ⁶  to you!

¹ tn Heb “and the men did so.”

² sn The place name Lachish sounds like the Hebrew word for “team [of horses].”

³ tn Heb “she”; this has been translated as second person (“you”) in keeping with the direct address to the residents of Lachish in the previous line.

⁴ sn The epithet Daughter Zion pictures the city of Jerusalem as a young lady.

⁵ tn Heb “She was the beginning of sin for Daughter Zion.”

⁶ tn Heb “for in you was found the transgressions of Israel.”