So: the common Hebrew conjunction is rightly taken as a logical connector in this context by Revised Standard Version, Good News Translation, and most other versions.

Up there: that is, to the town of Hebron. Some languages will require an object for the verb in this context.

Of Jezreel … of Carmel: these two names indicate the origin of the two wives of David. Jezreel was a town in the hill country of Judah (Josh 15.56) overlooking the Valley of Jezreel, where the Israelites camped before fighting the Philistines (1 Sam 29). Carmel was an ancient city assigned to the tribe of Judah (Josh 15.55), where Saul built a monument in memory of his conquest of the Amalekites (see the comments on 1 Sam 15.12). If ambiguous, of Jezreel and of Carmel may be better translated “[who was] from the town of…” in both cases.

Widow: literally simply “woman.” But the idea is that this woman had been married to Nabal, who died (see 1 Sam 25). Grammatically the words of Carmel go with Nabal, but by implication his wife was from the same place. See 1 Sam 27.3, where the feminine form of the name “Carmelite” occurs in reference to Abigail.

In some languages there are different words for “wife,” one indicating that the woman has borne children and one indicating that she has not borne children. At this point it seems that neither Ahinoam nor Abigail had borne children to David, since David’s firstborn son was born after they moved to Hebron (3.2).

Quoted with permission from Omanson, Roger L. and Ellington, John E. A Handbook on the First and Second Books of Samuel, Volume 2. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2001. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .