1 Chronicles 11:6

11:6 ¹  David said, “Whoever attacks ²  the Jebusites first will become commanding general!” ³  So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked ⁴  first and became commander. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 19:18

19:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,000 ⁶  Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach ⁷  the commanding general.

[11:6]  ¹ sn Verse 6 inserts into the narrative parenthetical information about Joab’s role in the conquest of the city. Verse 7 then picks up where v. 5 left off.

[11:6]  ² tn Or perhaps “strikes down.”

[11:6]  ³ tn Heb “head and officer.”

[11:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “went up.”

[11:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “head.”

[19:18]  ⁶ tc The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has “seven hundred.”

[19:18]  ⁷ tn The parallel text of 2 Sam 10:18 has the variant spelling “Shobach.”