2 Samuel 23 — Hebrew and Greek compared
Disparate in this chapter: MT 23:3, MT 23:5
Each card keeps the independently rendered source readings above their shared comparison and reception notes. The badge records the source’s governing classification; disparate readings are marked in red. Each reading retains its original reference.
2 Samuel 23
The enduring covenant and the righteous ruler
Editorial Christian continuation of the Davidic promise read at Advent [L2; S1]. These final words are compared in their own difficult Hebrew and Greek forms.
23:1–7 | The oracle, the light, and the covenant
Verse MT 23:1 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:1
These are David’s last words: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet singer of Israel:
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:1
These are David’s last words: “Faithful is David son of Jesse, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up as the anointed of the God of Jacob;
beautiful are Israel’s psalms.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew introduces an oracle twice; Greek twice calls the speaker faithful and explicitly names the Lord as the One raising him. Hebrew’s singer description differs from Greek’s description of the psalms themselves. Greek as the anointed construes epi christon as appointment; the reference remains David.
Rabbinic: Rashi understands last words as the concluding prophetic utterance, not necessarily David’s final spoken sentence [R23].
Verse MT 23:2 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:2
YHWH’s Spirit spoke through me;
His word was upon my tongue.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:2
The Lord’s Spirit spoke within me;
His word was upon my tongue.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Hebrew be can mean in or through; Greek expressly has in me. Both attribute the word to the divine Spirit.
Rabbinic: Rashi explains the Spirit’s speaking as prophetic speech from within the prophet [R23].
Saints: As a thematic comparison, Augustine explains prophetic speech as God’s gift working through the speaker when commenting on Psalm 3. This is not a separate commentary on 2 Samuel 23:2 [S3, §6].
Verse MT 23:3 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:3
The God of Israel said;
the Rock of Israel spoke to me: ‘One who rules humanity justly, ruling in the fear of God,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:3
The God of Israel says;
the Guard of Israel spoke to me: ‘Speak a parable: How will you strengthen the fear of God in a human being?
Classification & Notes
Disparate
Text: Hebrew describes righteous rule; Greek commands a parable and asks a question about strengthening fear of God. Greek’s plural you follows the singular command. Rock / Guard retains the different divine titles.
Rabbinic: Rashi’s contextual reading takes the Hebrew as God’s instruction to David to rule justly and reverently [R23].
Verse MT 23:4 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:4
is like morning light when the sun rises, a morning without clouds;
from brightness after rain, grass springs from the earth.’
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:4
May the sun rise in God’s morning light;
the morning did not pass away from brightness, and like grass from rain out of the earth.’
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Both poetic clauses are compressed. Hebrew’s is like and grass springs supply the comparison’s connections. Greek adds in God, has a wished-for rising, lacks the cloudless wording, and leaves its final comparison incomplete. Its wording is retained provisionally rather than reconstructed from Hebrew.
Verse MT 23:5 Disparate
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:5
Is not my house so with God?
For He established an everlasting covenant with me, ordered in every respect and guarded.
All my salvation and every desire—will He not make them spring forth?
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:5
For is not my house so with the Mighty One?
He established an everlasting covenant with me, ready at every time, guarded;
for all my salvation and every desire—surely the lawless one will not sprout.
Classification & Notes
Disparate
Text: The Hebrew negatives are read as rhetorical questions, with them supplied in the final clause. Greek expressly makes the lawless one the subject of not sprouting, changing the conclusion. Hebrew’s every respect differs from Greek every time.
Rabbinic: Rashi instead reads the Hebrew final negative as excluding another royal line; he also offers a Torah interpretation of the covenant [R23].
Verse MT 23:6 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:6
But the worthless are all like thorns cast aside, for they cannot be taken in the hand.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:6
All of them are like a thorn cast out, for they will not be taken in the hand,
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew names the worthless here; Greek’s all of them follows the lawless one of verse 5. Both preserve the thorn image and the difficulty of handling it.
Verse MT 23:7 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:7
Whoever touches them must be equipped with iron and a spear’s shaft;
they will be utterly burned with fire where they lie.”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:7
and a man will not toil among them—and full of iron and a spear’s shaft;
they will be utterly burned with fire in their shame.”
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew describes equipment for handling the thorns; Greek negates toil and leaves a grammatically difficult equipment fragment. Hebrew’s final sitting or dwelling expression is provisionally where they lie; Greek expressly their shame. The Greek fragment remains open for further syntactical review.
The mighty men and the lives behind the royal story
Editorial Christian reading within the history leading to Jesus [NT1]. Courage, costly loyalty, and Uriah’s final place in the list remain particular human memories.
23:8–12 | The first champions
Verse MT 23:8 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:8
These are the names of David’s mighty men: Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite, chief of the Three; he was Adino the Eznite—over eight hundred slain at one time.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:8
These are the names of David’s mighty men: Jebosthe the Canaanite is chief of the third, Adinon the Asonite. He drew his sword against eight hundred who were slain at one time.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Hebrew’s names and title are difficult; over eight hundred retains its elliptical final phrase without supplying a spear from Chronicles. Greek has different names and affiliations and explicitly adds drawing a sword. Both give eight hundred slain; Greek traumatiai is read as the resulting casualties [D11]. The relation between the paired names remains uncertain; Hebrew Eznite follows the read form [R23].
Verse MT 23:9 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:9
After him was Eleazar son of Dodo, son of an Ahohite, among the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines gathered there for battle. The men of Israel went up,
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:9
After him was Eleazar, son of his paternal uncle, son of a Sousite, among the three mighty men. He was with David in Serran, and when he defied the foreigners, they gathered there for battle. The men of Israel went up,
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Hebrew follows qere Dodo against written Dodai [R23]; Greek expresses paternal kinship, a different affiliation, and the place Serran. Hebrew has their defiance, Greek his. Went up is retained without specifying retreat, though the following episode distinguishes Eleazar’s action from the people’s.
Verse MT 23:10 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:10
but he stood and struck the Philistines until his hand grew weary and clung to the sword. YHWH brought about a great deliverance that day; the people returned behind him only to strip the slain.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:10
but he stood and struck the foreigners until his hand grew weary and clung to the sword. The Lord brought about a great deliverance that day; the people sat behind him, except to strip the slain.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew has the people returning; Greek has them sitting. The slain supplies the common stripping verb’s contextual object. Neither column adds helpers to Eleazar’s fighting.
Verse MT 23:11 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:11
After him was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines gathered as a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled before the Philistines.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:11
After him was Shammah son of Asa the Arouchite. The foreigners gathered at Theria, where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled before the foreigners.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The father’s name and affiliation differ. Hebrew’s troop expression is read as a common noun; the Greek edition presents Theria as a place-name. Both have lentils; barley is not imported from Chronicles.
Verse MT 23:12 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:12
He stationed himself in the middle of the plot, defended it, and struck the Philistines. YHWH brought about a great deliverance.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:12
He stood firm in the middle of the plot, rescued it, and struck the foreigners. The Lord brought about a great deliverance.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The defended plot, combat, and divine deliverance agree. Defended / rescued renders the corresponding saving verbs in their field-protection context.
23:13–17 | The water from Bethlehem poured out
Verse MT 23:13 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:13
Three of the thirty chiefs went down and came at harvest to David at the cave of Adullam, while a troop of Philistines camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:13
Three of the thirty went down and came to Kason, to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of foreigners camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew follows qere three against written thirty and includes chiefs [R23]. Hebrew harvest is represented by the place Kason in Greek. Both retain Rephaim here, unlike the Greek Titans wording in chapter 5.
Verse MT 23:14 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:14
David was then in the stronghold, and a Philistine garrison was then in Bethlehem.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:14
David was then in the enclosed place, and the foreigners’ outpost was then in Bethlehem.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: The corresponding military settings agree, while Hebrew’s fortified-place term differs from Greek’s more general enclosed area. Both repeat then.
Verse MT 23:15 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:15
David longed and said, “Who will give me water to drink from Bethlehem’s well by the gate?”
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:15
David longed and said, “Who will give me water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem by the gate?” The foreigners’ company was then in Bethlehem.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek adds another notice of the foreign force at Bethlehem. Hebrew’s read form bor denotes a pit or cistern, rendered well in this water-drawing scene; Greek explicitly has a cistern. The written/read spelling is displayed in R23.
Verse MT 23:16 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:16
The three mighty men broke through the Philistine camp, drew water from Bethlehem’s well by the gate, and carried it back to David. He refused to drink it and poured it out to YHWH.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:16
The three mighty men broke through the foreigners’ camp, drew water from the cistern in Bethlehem by the gate, and took it and came to David. He refused to drink it and poured it out to the Lord,
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The dangerous retrieval, refusal, and libation agree. Hebrew’s water is grammatically plural; Greek’s English it follows its singular water noun. The narrative action is retained before later symbolic interpretation.
Verse MT 23:17 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:17
He said, “Far be it from me, YHWH, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” He refused to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:17
and said, “Far be it from me, Lord, to do this! Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” He refused to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Greek’s propitiatory formula is rendered by its aversion sense, Far be it from me, in David’s refusal [D12]. Hebrew likewise rejects the act. Hebrew’s blood question lacks an explicit drinking verb; Greek supplies it. Risk supplies the shared idiom involving their lives. The water is compared to their blood, not described as physically transformed.
23:18–23 | Abishai and Benaiah
Verse MT 23:18 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:18
Abishai, Joab’s brother, son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He raised his spear against three hundred slain, and he had a name among the three.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:18
Abishai, Joab’s brother, son of Zeruiah, was chief among the three. He raised his spear against three hundred who were slain, and he had a name among the three.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Hebrew follows the read three in the title [R23]. Both give three hundred slain; Greek traumatiai is read as casualties in the battle notice [D11]. Both distinguish reputation from the rank discussed next.
Verse MT 23:19 Similar
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:19
Was he not the most honored of the three? He became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:19
He was renowned among those three and became their commander, but he did not attain to the Three.
Classification & Notes
Similar
Text: Hebrew uses a question emphasizing honor; Greek states renown. Both retain the tension between being among three and not attaining to the Three. Capitalization marks the apparent elite group without inventing a full hierarchy.
Verse MT 23:20 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:20
Benaiah son of Jehoiada, son of a valiant man, was great in deeds, from Kabzeel. He struck the two ariels of Moab; he also went down and struck the lion inside the pit on a snowy day.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:20
Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of many deeds, from Kabzeel. He struck the two sons of Ariel of Moab; he also went down and struck the lion inside the cistern on a snowy day.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew follows qere valiant against written living and includes son of a valiant man [R23]. Its ariels is left as a disputed designation, often interpreted as lionlike champions. Greek explicitly has two sons of a person named Ariel. Neither column replaces the snow or lion episode with an allegory.
Verse MT 23:21 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:21
He struck an Egyptian, a man of striking appearance. The Egyptian held a spear; Benaiah went down against him with a staff, snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:21
He struck the Egyptian, a conspicuous man. In the Egyptian’s hand was a spear like the timber of a gangway. Benaiah went down against him with a staff, snatched the spear from the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek adds the spear’s comparison with gangway timber. Hebrew follows qere man against the written form [R23]. Benaiah names the continuing subject in English; neither text gives the man’s height here.
Verse MT 23:22 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:22
These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:22
These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and he had a name among the three mighty men.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The name, deeds, and reputation agree.
Verse MT 23:23 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:23
He was honored above the thirty, but he did not attain to the Three. David placed him in his personal service.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:23
He was renowned among the three, but he did not attain to the Three. David appointed him to receive his instructions.
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew compares him with thirty; Greek with three. Hebrew’s service term and Greek’s hearings are rendered as the king’s personal service and instructions, provisionally; neither explicitly names a bodyguard office here.
23:24–39 | The names and the total
Verse MT 23:24 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:24
Asahel, Joab’s brother, was among the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:24
These are the names of King David’s mighty men: Asahel, Joab’s brother—he was among the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodi, his paternal uncle, in Bethlehem;
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Greek introduces another formal list heading, names David as king, and adds paternal kinship after Dodi. The ambiguous his is retained; its antecedent is not supplied as David. Hebrew has Dodo without the kinship phrase.
Verse MT 23:25 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:25
Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:25
Shammah the Aroudite; Elika the Arodite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The Hebrew repeats one affiliation; the Greek edition prints two slightly different forms. They are kept visible rather than made identical without explanation.
Verse MT 23:26 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:26
Helez the Paltite; Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:26
Elles the Phelothite; Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek Elles and Phelothite differ from Hebrew Helez and Paltite. The securely corresponding Ira, Ikkesh, and Tekoite names use familiar English forms; Greek spellings alone do not establish different people.
Verse MT 23:27 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:27
Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:27
Abiezer the Anathothite, from the sons of the Asothite;
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Hebrew lists a second named man; Greek instead gives Abiezer a further descent phrase without Mebunnai. The Greek is not expanded to restore the missing name.
Verse MT 23:28 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:28
Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:28
Zalmon the Aoite; Moore the Netophathite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Zalmon’s name corresponds, but the affiliation’s Greek form and Moore / Maharai remain distinct. The common Netophathite affiliation is normalized.
Verse MT 23:29 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:29
Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjaminites;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:29
Ela son of Baanah the Netophathite; Ittai son of Riba, from Gabaeth, a son of Benjamin;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The first man’s name differs. Greek Etthi is the familiar Ittai, as elsewhere; Riba and Gabaeth remain visible against Hebrew Ribai and Gibeah. Hebrew attaches Benjamin’s sons to Gibeah; Greek has a singular son of Benjamin, provisionally describing the man.
Verse MT 23:30 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:30
Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:30
Benaiah the Pirathonite; Ouri from Nachaligaia;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The second man’s name differs, and Greek presents the Hebrew wadi-place expression as a single name. Benaiah and his securely corresponding Pirathonite affiliation use their familiar English forms.
Verse MT 23:31 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:31
Abi-albon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:31
Abiel son of the Arabothite; Azmaveth the Barsamite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Abi-albon / Abiel and Barhumite / Barsamite differ. Greek also explicitly introduces a son relationship before the first affiliation.
Verse MT 23:32 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:32
Eliahba the Shaalbonite; the sons of Jashen; Jonathan;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:32
Eliasou the Salabonite; the sons of Jashen; Jonathan;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: The first name and affiliation differ. Jashen and Jonathan correspond securely; both texts contain a sons phrase followed by Jonathan, leaving the list’s exact grouping uncertain.
Verse MT 23:33 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:33
Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam son of Sharar the Ararite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:33
Shammah the Arodite; Achian son of Sarad the Araourite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Both affiliations and the second man’s name and father’s name differ. No names are imported from the parallel list in Chronicles.
Verse MT 23:34 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:34
Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of the Maacathite; Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:34
Eliphelet son of the Asbite, son of the Maacathite; Eliab son of Ahithophel the Gilonite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Greek has the affiliation the Asbite where Hebrew has Ahasbai; both preserve the following son of the Maacathite construction. Eliam / Eliab differs, as also at 11:3. The securely corresponding Ahithophel and Gilonite names use familiar forms.
Verse MT 23:35 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:35
Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:35
Asarai the Carmelite; Paarai the Erchite;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Hebrew follows qere Hezrai against written Hezro [R23]; Greek has Asarai. The second man’s affiliation differs, Arbite / Erchite. Paarai’s corresponding name uses the familiar form; Carmelite agrees.
Verse MT 23:36 Divergent
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:36
Igal son of Nathan from Zobah; Bani the Gadite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:36
Igal son of Nathan, from the force, son of Gaddi;
Classification & Notes
Divergent
Text: Hebrew has the place Zobah and a separate man Bani the Gadite. Greek has from the force and son of Gaddi, without Bani. Its unusual sequence is retained without repairing the genealogy.
Verse MT 23:37 Different
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:37
Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the armor of Joab son of Zeruiah;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:37
Elie the Ammonite; Gelorai the Beerothite, bearing the equipment of Joab son of Zeruiah;
Classification & Notes
Different
Text: Both men’s names differ. Hebrew follows qere singular bearer against written plural bearers [R23]; Greek also has a singular bearer. Armor / equipment renders the respective terms in their military setting.
Verse MT 23:38 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:38
Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:38
Ira the Ithrite; Gareb the Ithrite;
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: The names and repeated affiliation correspond securely.
Verse MT 23:39 Same
Hebrew–English: Literal-Smooth (Rabbinic Priority)
MT 23:39
Uriah the Hittite—thirty-seven in all.
Greek–English: Literal-Smooth (Saints Priority)
LXX 23:39
Uriah the Hittite—thirty-seven in all.
Classification & Notes
Same
Text: Both close with Uriah and the total thirty-seven. The transmitted totals are retained despite the lists’ different segmentation and membership details; no additional names are invented to make a modern count fit.