2Sa 2:9-10 | TSK | e4.org | Gilead ; ; Ashurites The LXX read τον Θασιρι , Thasiri ; and the Vulgate Gessuri , "Geshurites;" but it is probable that for ashuri , "Ashurites," we should read ashairi , "Asherites," or those of the tribe of Asher. ; over Jezreel

‏ 2 Samuel 2:9-10

Gilead Num 32:1-42; Josh 13:8-11; Ps 108:8

Ashurites The LXX read τον Θασιρι, Thasiri; and the Vulgate Gessuri, "Geshurites;" but it is probable that for ashuri, "Ashurites," we should read ashairi, "Asherites," or those of the tribe of Asher. Gen 30:13; Num 1:40

over Jezreel Josh 19:18

two years Houbigant proposes to read shesh shanah, "six years" instead of shetayim shanim, "two years," of the text, which he contends is a solecism; for, in pure Hebrew, the words should be shetayim shanah; and this is the reading of twenty manuscripts; but two is acknowledged by all the versions and manuscripts yet collated. 2Sam 2:10