2 Samuel 5:10

5:10 David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God12 who commands armies13 was with him.14

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12	tc 4QSam a and the LXX lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the Lord of hosts.”
13	tn Traditionally, “the Lord God of hosts” (KJV, NASB); NIV, NLT “the Lord God Almighty”; CEV “the Lord (+ God NCV) All-Powerful.”
14	tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.