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2 Samuel 3:18-20
New English Translation
2 Samuel 3:18-20
New English Translation
18 Act now! For the Lord has said to David, ‘By the hand of my servant David I will save[a] my people Israel from[b] the Philistines and from all their enemies.’”
19 Then Abner spoke privately with[c] the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately[d] of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to.[e] 20 When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.
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- 2 Samuel 3:18 tc The present translation follows the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate in reading “I will save,” rather than the MT “he saved” or “to save." The context calls for the first person common singular imperfect of the verb rather than the third person masculine singular perfect or the infinitive construct.
- 2 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “from the hand of.”
- 2 Samuel 3:19 tn Heb “into the ears of.”
- 2 Samuel 3:19 tn Heb “also Abner went to speak into the ears of David in Hebron.”
- 2 Samuel 3:19 tn Heb “all which was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.”
2 Samuel 3:18-20
New International Version
2 Samuel 3:18-20
New International Version
18 Now do it! For the Lord promised David, ‘By my servant David I will rescue my people Israel from the hand of the Philistines(A) and from the hand of all their enemies.(B)’”
19 Abner also spoke to the Benjamites in person. Then he went to Hebron to tell David everything that Israel and the whole tribe of Benjamin(C) wanted to do. 20 When Abner, who had twenty men with him, came to David at Hebron, David prepared a feast(D) for him and his men.
2 Samuel 3:18-20
King James Version
2 Samuel 3:18-20
King James Version
18 Now then do it: for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
19 And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.
20 So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
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