from the MT or any of the versions. Stoebe argues against the move (pp. 346–47). 14:30 In my judgment, the text of LXX, found at Qumran (4QSamc) and in OL manuscripts, offers a classic case of what may be regarded as a reminder to storytellers of the possibilities of the situation. It reads: “Joab’s servants came to him with their clothes torn and said, ‘The servants of Abishalom have set the property on fire!’ ” (McCarter, 337, who adopts it, p. 343). Pisano is against it: “it is the shorter text
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