19:40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham49 crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers50 of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over.51
tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.
tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the Hiphil verb הֶעֱבִירוּ (he’eviru, “they caused to pass over”) rather than the Qal verb וַיְעֱבִרוּ (vay’éviru, “they crossed over”) of the MT.