2 Samuel 14:16

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 14:16 tn Or “for.”
2. 2 Samuel 14:16 tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.
3. 2 Samuel 14:16 tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”
4. 2 Samuel 14:16 tn Heb “destroy.”
5. 2 Samuel 14:16 tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.