18:3 But the soldiers replied, 3 “You should not do this! 4 For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. 5 Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you 6 are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”
1 tn Heb “and came out to us.”
2 tn Heb “but we were on them.”
3 tn Heb “the people said.”
4 tn Heb “march out.”
5 tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”
6 tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).