22:43 I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground;
I crush them and stomp on them like clay 2 in the streets.
3:12 Then Abner sent messengers 4 to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement 5 with me, and I will do whatever I can 6 to cause all Israel to turn to you.”
1 tn Heb “and Israel.”
2 tn Or “mud” (so NAB, NIV, CEV). See HALOT 374 s.v. טִיט.
3 map For location see Map1-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
4 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”
5 tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.
6 tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”
5 tn Heb “do loyalty.”
6 tn Heb “did loyalty.”
7 tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”