¹ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

² tc Most of the LXX ms tradition has here “Gath.”

¹ tc Heb “the men,” which is absent from one medieval Hebrew ms, a Qumran ms, and the LXX.

² tc This initial clause is omitted in one Hebrew ms, Smr, and the Vulgate.

¹ tc Part of the Greek ms tradition lacks the words “of Judah.”

¹ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

¹ tc Much of the ms evidence for the LXX lacks vv. 17-19.

¹ tc A few Hebrew mss, one LXX ms, and the Syriac read “Maaseiah.”

² tc The LXX and Vulgate, along with one medieval Hebrew MS, lack this verb.

¹ tc The LXX, a Qumran ms, and a few old Latin mss have the third person pronominal suffix “his” here.

¹ tc This statement is absent in the LXX (with the exception of Origen), an Old Latin ms, and the Syriac Peshitta.

¹ tn Heb “he,” but Saul is clearly the referent. A Qumran ms and the LXX include the name “Saul” here.

¹ tc The Syriac Peshitta and one ms of the LXX lack the words “who was telling him this” of the MT.

¹ tc For this number much of the Greek MS tradition reads “fifteen thousand.” The Lucianic Greek recension reads “70,100.”

² tc The reference to worship is lacking in the Western ms D, its last major omission in this Gospel.

² tc The LXX, two Old Latin mss, and a Qumran ms read 70,000 here, rather than the MT’s 30,000.

² tc One medieval Hebrew ms, some mss of the LXX, and the Vulgate lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

³ tc One Hebrew ms and some LXX mss supply the name “Shimei” after “Jeshaiah.” Most Hebrew mss omit the name here (but cf. v. 17).

¹ tc Most Hebrew mss read the plural, “kings,” but one Hebrew ms, the LXX and Vulgate read the singular “king.” Note the singular in v. 20.

² tc One medieval Hebrew ms, the LXX, and the Syriac along with Lev 15:13, 28 read the verb as singular.