2 Samuel 1:3

1:3 David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

2 Samuel 4:1

Ish-bosheth is killed

4:1 When Ish-bosheth 1  the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, 2  and all Israel was afraid.

2 Samuel 6:15

6:15 David and all Israel 3  were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets. 4 

2 Samuel 8:15

8:15 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. 5 

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!” 6 

2 Samuel 16:15

The Advice of Ahithophel

16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men 7  of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, 8  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 18:6

18:6 Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim.

2 Samuel 20:23

20:23 Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoida was over the Kerethites and the Perethites.

2 Samuel 21:21

21:21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

1 tn The MT does not specify the subject of the verb here, but the reference is to Ish-bosheth, so the name has been supplied in the translation for clarity. 4QSama and the LXX mistakenly read “Mephibosheth.”

2 tn Heb “his hands went slack.”

1 tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “the house.”

2 tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).

1 tn Heb “and David was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”

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

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

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