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1 tn Heb “the bridle of one cubit.” Many English versions treat this as a place name because the parallel text in 1 Chronicles 18:1 reads “Gath” (which is used by NLT here). It is possible that “the bridle of one cubit” is to be understood as “the token of surrender,” referring to the Philistine’s defeat rather than a specific place (cf. TEV, CEV).

2 tn Heb “from the hand [i.e., control] of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 18:20

3 tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”

4 tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”

2 Samuel 18:21

5 tc The LXX has ἐπιστῆσαι (episthsai, “cause to stand”). See the parallel text in 1 Chronicles 18:3.

6 tn Heb “hand.”

7 tn The MT does not have the name “Euphrates” in the text. It is supplied in the margin (Qere) as one of ten places where the Masoretes believed that something was “to be read although it was not written” in the text as they had received it. The ancient versions (LXX, Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate) include the word. See also the parallel text in 1 Chronicles 18:3.

2 Samuel 18:22

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