13:34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west 3 on a road beside the hill.
13:36 Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. 4 The king and all his servants wept loudly 5 as well.
15:32 When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.
18:31 Then the Cushite arrived and said, 6 “May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!” 7
1 tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.
2 tn Heb “and they struck him down.”
3 tn Heb “behind him.”
5 tn Heb “and they lifted their voice and wept.”
6 tn Heb “with a great weeping.”
7 tn Heb “And look, the Cushite came and the Cushite said.”
8 tn Heb “for the