translation_id: net-engnet

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “and it was at the time of the turning of the year, at the time of the going out of kings.”


label: NET textual note

text: The translation follows the MT, which reads “of their king”; the LXX and Vulgate read “of Milcom” (cf. 1 Kgs 11:5 ). Milcom, also known as Molech, was the god of the Ammonites.


text: Heb “and it was on the head of David.”


text: The Hebrew text reads “saws,” but since saws were just mentioned, it is preferable to emend מְגֵרוֹת ( mÿgerot , “saws”) to מַגְזְרוֹת ( magzÿrot , “axes”).


text: Heb “and so he would do.”


text: Heb “battle stood.”


text: The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 identifies this site as “Gob.”


text: The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:18 has the variant spelling “Saph.”


text: Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.


text: The Hebrew text reads, “Elchanan son of Jair killed Lachmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite.” But it is likely that the accusative marker in front of לַחְמִי ( lakhmiy , “Lachmi”) is a corruption of בֵּית ( bet ), and that אֶת־לַחְמִי (’ et-lakhmiy ) should be emended to בֵּית הַלַּחְמִי ( bet hallakhmiy , “the Bethlehemite”). See 2 Sam 21:19 .


text: See tc note on the parallel passage in 2 Sam 21:19 .


text: Heb “and there was another battle, in Gath.”


text: The parallel text in 2 Sam 21:21 has the variant spelling “Shimeah.”


text: Heb “they fell.”


text: Heb “his servants.”