2 Samuel 6:17

6:17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place ¹  in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:1

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6:1 David again assembled ²  all the best ³  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

2 Samuel 16:1-2

David Receives Gifts from Ziba

16:1 When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, ⁴  and a container of wine.

16:2 The king asked Ziba, “Why did you bring these things?” ⁵  Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride on, the loaves of bread ⁶  and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert.” ⁷ 

[6:17]  ¹ tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”

[6:1]  ² tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

[6:1]  ³ tn Or “chosen.”

[16:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “a hundred summer fruit.”

[16:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “What are these to you?”

[16:2]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וְהַלֶּחֶם (vÿhallekhem, “and the bread”) rather than וּלְהַלֶּחֶם (ulÿhallekhem, “and to the bread”) of the Kethib. The syntax of the MT is confused here by the needless repetition of the preposition, probably taken from the preceding word.

[16:2]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text adds “to drink.”