1 Chr 20:3

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And he.

1Chr 19:2-5; Ps 21:8; Ps 21:9

and cut.

Instead of {wyyasar,} "and he cut," the parallel passage is {wyyasem,} "and he put them;" which is also the reading here of seven MSS. collated by Dr. Kennicott. Sawing asunder, etc., of human beings, have no more place in the text, than they had in David's conduct towards the Ammonites.

with saws.

Exod 1:14; Josh 9:23; Judg 8:6; Judg 8:7; Judg 8:16; Judg 8:17; 1Kgs 9:21