And when he had set fire to the torches, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines and set fire to the stacked grain and the standing grain, as well as the olive orchards.

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lit the torches(A) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(B) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

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30 Then he said to his servants, “See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” So Absalom's servants set the field on fire.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 14:30 Septuagint, Dead Sea Scroll add So Joab's servants came to him with their clothes torn, and they said to him, “The servants of Absalom have set your field on fire.”

30 Then he said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley(A) there. Go and set it on fire.” So Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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“If fire breaks out and catches in thorns so that the stacked grain or the standing grain or the field is consumed, he who started the fire shall make full restitution.

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“If a fire breaks out and spreads into thornbushes so that it burns shocks(A) of grain or standing grain or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make restitution.(B)

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