1 Chronicles 10:2

10:2 The Philistines stayed right on the heels of ¹  Saul and his sons. They ²  struck down Saul’s ³  sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua.

1 Chronicles 18:1

David Conquers the Neighboring Nations

18:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns ⁴  away from the Philistines. ⁵ 

[10:2]  ¹ tn Heb “stuck close after.”

[10:2]  ² tn Heb “the Philistines.” The translation has substituted the pronoun “they” to avoid redundancy.

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Saul) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:1]  ⁴ tn 2 Sam 8:1 identifies this region as “Metheg Ammah.”

[18:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the hand of the Philistines.” Here “hand” is figurative language for “control.”