2 Samuel 10:6

10:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them,¹ they² sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah,³ in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob.⁴

2 Samuel 14:32

14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message:⁵ “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied,⁶ “You should not do this!⁷ For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us.⁸ Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you⁹ are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

2 Samuel 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I¹⁰ taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I¹¹ continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

¹tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”

²tn Heb “the Ammonites.”

³tn Or “Arameans of Beth Rehob and Arameans of Zobah.”

⁴tn Or perhaps “the men of Tob.” The ancient versions (the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate) understand the name to be “Ish-tob.” It is possible that “Ish” is dittographic and that we should read simply “Tob,” a reading adopted by a number of recent English versions.

⁵tn Heb “saying.”

⁹tn Heb “the people said.”

¹⁰tn Heb “march out.”

¹¹tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

¹²tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).

¹³tn Heb “your servant.”

¹⁴tn Heb “your servant.”