2 Samuel 1:6

1:6 The young man who was telling him this said, “I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him.

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem.


tc The Syriac Peshitta and one ms of the LXX lack the words “who was telling him this” of the MT.

tn Heb “went up from after.”

tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

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