2 Samuel 10:1-2

David and the Ammonites

10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. ¹  10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ²  to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal ³  to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. ⁴  When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

[10:1]  ¹ tn Heb “reigned in his place.”

[10:2]  ² tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”