13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk 1 and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” 2
23:20 Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior 3 from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. 4 He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.
24:9 Joab reported the number of warriors 5 to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.
1 tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”
2 tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”
3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
4 tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אריאל is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בני, “sons of,” has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שׁני).
5 tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”