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2 Samuel 21:4
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4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We[a] have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family,[b] nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked,[c] “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

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  1. 2 Samuel 21:4 tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.
  2. 2 Samuel 21:4 tn Heb “house.”
  3. 2 Samuel 21:4 tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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