2 Samuel 12:3

12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. ¹  It used to ²  eat his food, ³  drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. ⁴  It was just like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 19:17

19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant ⁵  of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed ⁶  the Jordan within sight of the king.

[12:3]  ¹ tn Heb “his sons.”

[12:3]  ² tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.

[12:3]  ³ tn Heb “from his morsel.”

[12:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”

[19:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “youth.”

[19:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “rushed into.”