2 Samuel 22:45-46

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 22:45 tn For the meaning “to be weak; to be powerless” for the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash), see Ps 109:24. Verse 46, which also mentions foreigners, favors this interpretation. Another option is to translate “cower in fear” (see Deut 33:29; Pss 66:3; 81:15).
2. 2 Samuel 22:45 tn Heb “at a report of an ear they submit to me.” The report of David’s exploits is so impressive that those who hear it submit to his rulership without putting up a fight.
3. 2 Samuel 22:46 tn Heb “wither, wear out.”
4. 2 Samuel 22:46 tc The translation assumes a reading וְיַחְרְגוּ (v^eyakhr^egu, “and they quaked”) rather than the MT וְיַחְגְּרוּ (v^eyakhg^eru, “and they girded themselves”). See the note at Ps 18:45.
5. 2 Samuel 22:46 tn Heb “from.”
6. 2 Samuel 22:46 tn Heb “prisons.” Their besieged cities are compared to prisons.