SIL Translator’s Notes on 1 Kings 2:33

2:33a Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever;

Let the guilt of those murders remain on/with Joab and his family forever.
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May ⌊God/Yahweh⌋ always hold Joab and his children/descendants responsible for killing those men.

2:33b but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne,

But to David, his children, his family, and his kingdom
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But for David, for his children, for his family and for his kingdom,

2:33c there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

may Yahweh give peace forever.”
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may there be lasting peace and prosperity from Yahweh.”

2:33b-c (reordered)

But may Yahweh give lasting/eternal peace to David and his descendants, his family, and his kingdom.”

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