2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ¹  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ² 

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ³  “Come on! ⁴  Let’s escape! ⁵  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁶  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 20:21

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ⁸  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ⁹  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

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 The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

² tn Heb “these many days.”

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⁴ tn Heb “Arise!”

⁵ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

⁶ tn Heb “thrust.”

⁷ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

⁵ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

⁶ tn Heb “Look!”

⁷ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”