19:29 Then the king replied to him, “Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”
19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”
9:1 1 Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family 2 of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
32:8 An honorable man makes honorable plans;
his honorable character gives him security. 3
1 sn 2 Samuel 9–20 is known as the Succession Narrative. It is a literary unit that describes David’s efforts at consolidating his own kingdom following the demise of King Saul; it also provides the transition to subsequent leadership on the part of David’s successor Solomon.
2 tn Heb “house.”
1 tn Heb “and he upon honorable things stands.”