2 Samuel 10:10

10:10 He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed 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 told David what had happened, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 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.

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 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.

Now the people of Judah 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.


tn Heb “people.”

tn Heb “he arranged.”

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

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

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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.”

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

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.”