15:23 All the land was weeping loudly 1 as all these people were leaving. 2 As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving 3 on the road that leads to the desert.
16:1 When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, 4 and a container of wine.
18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his 6 mule, it 7 went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, 8 while the mule he had been riding kept going.
1 tn Heb “with a great voice.”
2 tn Heb “crossing over.”
3 tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”
4 tn Heb “a hundred summer fruit.”
7 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text here or in v. 24, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
10 tn Heb “the.”
11 tn Heb “the donkey.”
12 tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”