2 Samuel 3:3

3:3 His second son ¹  was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow ²  of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.

2 Samuel 20:14

20:14 Sheba ³  traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of ⁴  Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, ⁵  they too joined him.

2 Samuel 10:6

10:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, ⁶  they ⁷  sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, ⁸  in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob. ⁹ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text does not have the word “son.” So also in vv. 3-5.

² tn Heb “wife.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sheba) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tc In keeping with the form of the name in v. 15, the translation deletes the “and” found in the MT.

⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ (vayyiqqahalu, “and they were gathered together”) rather than the Kethib of the MT וַיִּקְלֻהוּ (vayyiqluhu, “and they cursed him”). The Kethib is the result of metathesis.

⁵ tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”

⁶ tn Heb “the Ammonites.”

⁷ tn Or “Arameans of Beth Rehob and Arameans of Zobah.”

⁸ tn Or perhaps “the men of Tob.” The ancient versions (the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate) understand the name to be “Ish-tob.” It is possible that “Ish” is dittographic and that we should read simply “Tob,” a reading adopted by a number of recent English versions.