2 Samuel 15:26

15:26 However, if he should say, ‘I do not take pleasure in you,’ then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 3:36

3:36 All the people noticed this and it pleased them. ²  In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people.

2 Samuel 10:8

10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

2 Samuel 3:13

3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.” ³ 

2 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Then Abner spoke privately ⁴  with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately ⁵  of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 13:22

13:22 But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 18:27

18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ⁷  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me ⁸  return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

2 Samuel 10:6

10:6 When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, ⁹  they ¹⁰  sent and hired 20,000 foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, ¹¹  in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob. ¹² 

2 Samuel 14:32

14:32 Absalom said to Joab, “Look, I sent a message to you saying, ‘Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: ¹³  “Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there.”’ Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!”

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ¹⁴  “You should not do this! ¹⁵  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ¹⁶  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ¹⁷  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

2 Samuel 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I ¹⁸  taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I ¹⁹  continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

¹ tn Heb “as [is] good in his eyes.”

² tn Heb “it was good in their eyes.”

³ tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.

⁴ tn Heb “into the ears of.”

⁵ tn Heb “also Abner went to speak into the ears of David in Hebron.”

⁶ tn Heb “all which was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.”

⁵ tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”

⁶ tn Heb “your servant.”

⁷ tn Heb “that they were a stench [i.e., disgusting] with David.”

⁸ tn Heb “the Ammonites.”

⁹ tn Or “Arameans of Beth Rehob and Arameans of Zobah.”

¹⁰ tn Or perhaps “the men of Tob.” The ancient versions (the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate) understand the name to be “Ish-tob.” It is possible that “Ish” is dittographic and that we should read simply “Tob,” a reading adopted by a number of recent English versions.

⁸ tn Heb “saying.”

⁹ tn Heb “the people said.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “march out.”

¹¹ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

¹² tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).

¹⁰ tn Heb “your servant.”

¹¹ tn Heb “your servant.”