1 Samuel 6:18

6:18 The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, ¹  where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

1 Samuel 20:41

20:41 When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, ²  knelt ³  with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David.

[6:18]  ¹ tc A few Hebrew mss and the LXX read “villages; the large rock…[is witness] until this very day.”

[20:41]  ² tc The translation follows the LXX in reading “the mound,” rather than the MT’s “the south.” It is hard to see what meaning the MT reading “from beside the south” would have as it stands, since such a location lacks specificity. The NIV treats it as an elliptical expression, rendering the phrase as “from the south side of the stone (rock NCV).” This is perhaps possible, but it seems better to follow the LXX rather than the MT here.

[20:41]  ³ tn Heb “fell.”