2 Samuel 4:4

4:4 Now Saul’s son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. ¹  Mephibosheth was his name.

2 Samuel 11:1

David Commits Adultery with Bathsheba

11:1 In the spring of the year, at the time when kings ²  normally conduct wars, ³  David sent out Joab with his officers ⁴  and the entire Israelite army. ⁵  They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. ⁶ 

[4:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and was lame.”

[11:1]  ² tc Codex Leningrad (B19A), on which BHS is based, has here “messengers” (הַמַּלְאכִים, hammal’khim), probably as the result of contamination from the occurrence of that word in v. 4. The present translation follows most Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, which read “kings” (הַמֶּלָאכִים, hammela’kim).

[11:1]  ³ tn Heb “go out.”

[11:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his servants with him.”

[11:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “all Israel.”

[11:1]  ⁶ tn The disjunctive clause contrasts David’s inactivity with the army’s activity.