2 Samuel 22:14

22:14 The Lord thundered ¹  from the sky;

the sovereign One ²  shouted loudly. ³ 

2 Samuel 3:32

3:32 So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly ⁴  over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

[22:14]  ¹ tn The shortened theme vowel indicates that the prefixed verbal form is a preterite.

[22:14]  ² tn Heb “the Most High.” This divine title (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures God as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked. See especially Ps 47:2.

[22:14]  ³ tn Heb “offered his voice.” In this poetic narrative context the prefixed verbal form is best understood as a preterite indicating past tense, not an imperfect. Note the preterite form in the preceding line. The text of Ps 18:13 adds at this point, “hail and coals of fire.” These words are probably accidentally added from v. 12b; they do not appear in 2 Sam 22:14.

[3:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.