2 Samuel 11:2

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ¹  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ² 

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ³  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ⁴  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

¹ tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

² tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

⁴ tn Heb “and he went down to.”