2 Samuel 11:23

11:23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and attacked us ¹  in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way ²  to the door of the city gate.

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ³  “You should not do this! ⁴  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ⁵  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ⁶  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

[11:23]  ¹ tn Heb “and came out to us.”

[11:23]  ² tn Heb “but we were on them.”

[18:3]  ³ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).