2 Samuel 21:5

Context
21:5 They replied to the king, “As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel –

2 Samuel 13:25

Context

13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom¹ pressed² him, the king³ was not willing to go. Instead, David⁴ blessed him.

[13:25] ¹tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ²tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSam^a ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (we’alseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).

[13:25] ³tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:25] ⁴tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.