2 Samuel 17:25

17:25 Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married ¹  Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)

2 Samuel 20:19

20:19 I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city ²  in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord’s inheritance?”

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me ³  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 3:4

3:4 His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail.

2 Samuel 3:3

3:3 His second son ⁴  was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow ⁵  of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.

2 Samuel 3:5

3:5 His sixth son was Ithream, born to David’s wife Eglah. These sons ⁶  were all born to David in Hebron.

2 Samuel 3:2

3:2 Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite.

2 Samuel 8:1

David Subjugates Nearby Nations

8:1 Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah ⁷  from the Philistines. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 13:37

13:37 But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David ⁹  grieved over his son every day.

2 Samuel 21:8

21:8 So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah’s daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul’s daughter Merab ¹⁰  whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ¹¹  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

2 Samuel 21:10

21:10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, ¹²  she did not allow the birds of the air to feed ¹³  on them by day, nor the wild animals ¹⁴  by night.

¹ tn Heb “come to.”

² tn Heb “a city and a mother.” The expression is a hendiadys, meaning that this city was an important one in Israel and had smaller cities dependent on it.

³ tn Heb “your servant.”

⁴ tn The Hebrew text does not have the word “son.” So also in vv. 3-5.

⁵ tn Heb “wife.”

⁵ tn The Hebrew text does not have “sons.”

⁶ tn Heb “the bridle of one cubit.” Many English versions treat this as a place name because the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:1 reads “Gath” (which is used by NLT here). It is possible that “the bridle of one cubit” is to be understood as “the token of surrender,” referring to the Philistine’s defeat rather than a specific place (cf. TEV, CEV).

⁷ tn Heb “from the hand [i.e., control] of the Philistines.”

⁷ tc The Hebrew text leaves the word “David” to be inferred. The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate add the word “David.” Most of the Greek tradition includes the words “King David” here.

⁸ tc The MT reads “Michal” here, but two Hebrew manuscripts read “Merab,” along with some LXX manuscripts. Cf. 1 Sam 18:19.

⁹ tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “until water was poured on them from the sky.”

¹¹ tn Heb “rest.”

¹² tn Heb “the beasts of the field.”