19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
1 tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.
2 tn Heb “people.”
3 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”
5 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
6 sn Geruth Kimham is nowhere else mentioned in the Bible and its precise location is unknown. Many commentators relate the second part of the name to the name of the son of David’s benefactor when he fled from Absalom (2 Sam 19:38-39) and see this as a reference to an estate that David assigned this son as reward for his father’s largess. Gibeon was about six miles northwest of Jerusalem and Benjamin is approximately the same distance southwest of it. Hence, the people mentioned here had not traveled all that far.
7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.