2 Samuel 10:10

10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army ¹  and they were deployed ²  against the Ammonites.

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 10:5

10:5 Messengers ³  told David what had happened, ⁴  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁵  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

2 Samuel 10:9

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, ⁷  and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

2 Samuel 15:32

15:32 When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.

2 Samuel 19:15-16

19:15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. ⁸ 

Now the people of Judah ⁹  had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him ¹⁰  cross the Jordan. 19:16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

2 Samuel 19:25

19:25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2 Samuel 6:20

6:20 When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, ¹¹  Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. ¹²  She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished ¹³  himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool ¹⁴  might do!”

2 Samuel 19:20

19:20 For I, your servant, ¹⁵  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 19:24

19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, ¹⁶  came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely ¹⁷  returned, Mephibosheth ¹⁸  had not cared for his feet ¹⁹  nor trimmed ²⁰  his mustache nor washed his clothes.

¹ tn Heb “people.”

² tn Heb “he arranged.”

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

⁴ tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

⁵ tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

⁷ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah.”

¹¹ tn Heb “the king.” The pronoun (“him”) has been used in the translation to avoid redundancy.

¹¹ tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”

¹² tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ tn Heb “honored.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”

¹³ tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “son.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.

¹⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁸ tn Heb “done his feet.”

¹⁹ tn Heb “done.”