2 Samuel 1:2

1:2 On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.¹ When he approached David, the man² threw himself to the ground.³

2 Samuel 3:12

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers⁴ to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement⁵ with me, and I will do whatever I can⁶ to cause all Israel to turn to you.”

2 Samuel 3:22

Abner Is Killed

3:22 Now David’s soldiers⁷ and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David⁸ had sent him away and he had left in peace.

2 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving⁹ the city.

2 Samuel 16:1

David Receives Gifts from Ziba

16:1 When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit,¹⁰ and a container of wine.

2 Samuel 16:5

Shimei Curses David and His Men

16:5 Then King David reached¹¹ Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached.¹²

2 Samuel 18:11

18:11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot?¹³ I would have given you ten pieces of silver¹⁴ and a commemorative belt!”¹⁵

2 Samuel 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates,¹⁶ and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 19:20

19:20 For I, your servant,¹⁷ know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me¹⁸ return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

2 Samuel 19:41

19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”

¹sn Tearing one’s clothing and throwing dirt on one’s head were outward expressions of grief in the ancient Near East, where such demonstrable reactions were a common response to tragic news.

²tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man mentioned at the beginning of v. 2) has been specified in the translation to avoid confusion as to who fell to the ground.

³tn Heb “he fell to the ground and did obeisance.”

⁴tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”

⁵tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.

⁶tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”

⁷tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”

⁸tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰tn Heb “crossing from.”

¹³tn Heb “a hundred summer fruit.”

¹⁶tn Heb “came to.” The form of the verb in the MT is odd. Some prefer to read וַיַּבֹא (vayyavo’), preterite with vav consecutive) rather than וּבָא (uva’), apparently perfect with vav), but this is probably an instance where the narrative offline vÿqatal construction introduces a new scene.

¹⁷tn Heb “And look, from there a man was coming out from the clan of the house of Saul and his name was Shimei son of Gera, continually going out and cursing.”

¹⁹tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”

²⁰tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.

²¹tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”

²²tn Heb “the two gates.”

²⁵tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.”

²⁸tn Heb “your servant.”