3:22 Now David’s soldiers 2 and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David 3 had sent him away and he had left in peace.
19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, 4 came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely 5 returned, Mephibosheth 6 had not cared for his feet 7 nor trimmed 8 his mustache nor washed his clothes.
1 tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.
2 tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 tn Heb “son.”
4 tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “done his feet.”
7 tn Heb “done.”