2 Samuel 11:18

11:18 Then Joab sent a full battle report to David. 1 

2 Samuel 11:22

11:22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

2 Samuel 18:10

18:10 When one 2  of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, “I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.

2 Samuel 19:1

19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

2 Samuel 21:11

21:11 When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, 3  and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

2 Samuel 17:18

17:18 But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it.

2 Samuel 18:25

18:25 So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, “If he is by himself, he brings good news.” 4  The runner 5  came ever closer.

2 Samuel 6:12

6:12 David was told, 6  “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

2 Samuel 14:33

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king 7  summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom 8  bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. 9 

2 Samuel 24:13

24:13 Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven 10  years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide 11  what I should tell the one who sent me.”

1 tn Heb “Joab sent and related to David all the matters of the battle.”

2 tc 4QSama lacks the word “one.”

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

4 tn Heb “good news is in his mouth.”

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

5 tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”

6 tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

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

8 tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

7 tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12.

8 tn Heb “now know and see.”