2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ¹  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ²  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ³ 

2 Samuel 12:1

Nathan the Prophet Confronts David

12:1 So the Lord sent Nathan ⁴  to David. When he came to David, ⁵  Nathan ⁶  said, ⁷  “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Then David went to his palace ⁸  in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. ⁹  Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. ¹⁰  They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

¹ tn Heb “brought out.”

² tn Heb “and so he would do.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta add “the prophet.” The words are included in a few modern English version (e.g., TEV, CEV, NLT).

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

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn The Hebrew text repeats “to him.”

⁸ tn Heb “house.”

⁹ tn Heb “and he placed them in a guarded house.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “he did not come to them”; NAB “has no further relations with them”; NIV “did not lie with them”; TEV “did not have intercourse with them”; NLT “would no longer sleep with them.”