2 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Messengers 1  told David what had happened, 2  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho 3  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. 4 

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 5  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. 6 

Now the people of Judah 7  had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him 8  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?”

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

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

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

4 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.

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

11 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah.”

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