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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.’”

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  1. 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. 2 Samuel 3:18 tn Heb “from the hand of.”