2 Samuel 10:1

David and the Ammonites

10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. ¹ 

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ²  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ³  any more. Violent men ⁴  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel ⁵  refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his ⁶  spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel ⁷  collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. ⁸  Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 3:12

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers ¹⁰  to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement ¹¹  with me, and I will do whatever I can ¹²  to cause all Israel to turn to you.”

2 Samuel 16:8

16:8 The Lord has punished you for ¹³  all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ¹⁴  mule, it ¹⁵  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ¹⁶  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

¹ tn Heb “reigned in his place.”

² tn Heb “plant.”

³ tn Heb “shaken.”

⁴ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

⁷ tn Heb “and they stand.”

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

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

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

⁵ tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”

⁶ tn Heb “the.”

⁷ tn Heb “the donkey.”

⁸ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”