2 Samuel 14:14

14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. ¹ 

2 Samuel 15:34

15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’

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 ²  blew the trumpet, and his men ³  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ⁴  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ⁵  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

¹ tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “his tents.”

³ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”