2 Samuel 2:16

2:16 As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. ¹  So that place is called the Field of Flints; ²  it is in Gibeon.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Wisdom Cannot Protect against Seemingly Chance Events

9:11 Again, ³  I observed this on the earth: ⁴ 

the race is not always ⁵  won by the swiftest,

the battle is not always won by the strongest;

prosperity ⁶  does not always belong to those who are the wisest,

wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning,

nor does success ⁷  always come to those with the most knowledge –

for time and chance may overcome ⁸  them all.

[2:16]  ¹ tn Heb “and they grabbed each one the head of his neighbor with his sword in the side of his neighbor and they fell together.”

[2:16]  ² tn The meaning of the name “Helkath Hazzurim” (so NIV; KJV, NASB, NRSV similar) is not clear. BHK relates the name to the Hebrew term for “side,” and this is reflected in NAB “the Field of the Sides”; the Greek OT revocalizes the Hebrew to mean something like “Field of Adversaries.” Cf. also TEV, NLT “Field of Swords”; CEV “Field of Daggers.”

[9:11]  ³ tn Heb “I returned and.” In the Hebrew idiom, “to return and do” means “to do again.”

[9:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “under the sun.”

[9:11]  ⁵ tn The term “always” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation (five times in this verse) for clarity.

[9:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “bread.”

[9:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “favor.”

[9:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “happen to.”