2 Samuel 1:11

1:11 David then grabbed his own clothes 1  and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Ish-bosheth took her 2  from her husband Paltiel 3  son of Laish.

2 Samuel 11:26

11:26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. 4 

2 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

2 Samuel 14:5

14:5 The king replied to her, “What do you want?” 5  She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 15:1

Absalom Leads an Insurrection against David

15:1 Some time later Absalom managed to acquire 6  a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. 7 

2 Samuel 15:5

15:5 When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom 8  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

2 Samuel 15:13

David Flees from Jerusalem

15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” 9 

2 Samuel 16:15

The Advice of Ahithophel

16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men 10  of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, 11  Ahithophel was with him.

2 Samuel 17:24

17:24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

2 Samuel 18:10

18:10 When one 12  of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

2 Samuel 23:7

23:7 The one who touches them

must use an iron instrument

or the wooden shaft of a spear.

They are completely burned up right where they lie!” 13 

1 tc The present translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “his garments,” rather than “his garment,” the reading of the Kethib.

2 tn Heb “sent and took her.”

3 tn In 1 Sam 25:44 this name appears as “Palti.”

3 tn Heb “for her lord.”

4 tn Heb “What to you?”

5 tn Heb “acquired for himself.”

6 tn Heb “to run ahead of him.”

6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

7 tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”

8 tn Heb “and all the people, the men of Israel.”

9 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

9 tc 4QSama lacks the word “one.”

10 tn Heb “and with fire they are completely burned up in [the place where they] remain.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize that they are completely consumed by the fire.