2 Samuel 3:31

3:31 David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed ¹  behind the funeral bier.

2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered ²  the house while Ish-bosheth ³  was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ⁴  and then cut off his head. ⁵  Taking his head, ⁶  they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

[3:31]  ¹ tn Heb “was walking.”

[4:7]  ² tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

[4:7]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[4:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

[4:7]  ⁶ tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”