1 tn The Hebrew text has “Israel,” but the verb is plural.
2 tn Heb “with the edge of the sword.”
3 tn Heb “its daughters.”
4 tc The translation follows the Qere or marginal reading; the Kethib (consonantal text) has the singular, “his son.”
5 tn Heb “all his people.”
6 tn Heb “every city of men.” This apparently identifies the cities as inhabited.
7 tn Heb “under the ban” (נַחֲרֵם, nakharem). The verb employed is חָרַם (kharam, usually in the Hiphil) and the associated noun is חֵרֶם (kherem). See J. Naudé, NIDOTTE, 2:276-77, and, for a more thorough discussion, Susan Niditch, War in the Hebrew Bible, 28-77.