14:1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see 3 Absalom.
1 tn Heb “and there were born.”
2 tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And she became a wife to Rehoboam the son of Solomon and bore to him Abia.”
3 tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ’ethre’i (“was reconciled”).
4 tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”
5 tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”