2 Samuel 11:21

11:21 Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone ¹  down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

2 Samuel 18:17

18:17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes. ² 

2 Samuel 20:12

20:12 Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa ³  stopped, the man ⁴  pulled him ⁵  away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him.

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ⁶  blew the trumpet, and his men ⁷  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ⁸  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

¹ sn The upper millstone (Heb “millstone of riding”) refers to the heavy circular stone that was commonly rolled over a circular base in order to crush and grind such things as olives.

² tn Heb “and all Israel fled, each to his tent.” In this context this refers to the supporters of Absalom (see vv. 6-7, 16).

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

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who spoke up in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “Amasa.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “his tents.”