2 Samuel 12:11
12:11 This is what the
Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you
1 from inside your own household!
2 Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion.
3 He will have sexual relations with
4 your wives in broad daylight!
5
2 Samuel 15:2
15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant,
6 am from one of the tribes of Israel.”
2 Samuel 20:10
20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab
7 stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s
8 intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal.
9 Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.
2 Samuel 24:17
24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” 10
1 tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”
2 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”
3 tn Or “friend.”
4 tn Heb “will lie with” (so NIV, NRSV); TEV “will have intercourse with”; CEV, NLT “will go to bed with.”
5 tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”
6 tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.
11 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
12 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
13 tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”
16 tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”