2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, ¹  “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab ²  said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

2 Samuel 2:24

2:24 So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered ³  the house while Ish-bosheth ⁴  was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ⁵  and then cut off his head. ⁶  Taking his head, ⁷  they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Samuel 15:23

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ⁸  as all these people were leaving. ⁹  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ¹⁰  on the road that leads to the desert.

2 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, ¹¹  am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

¹ tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

⁶ tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

⁷ tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”

⁵ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

⁶ tn Heb “crossing over.”

⁷ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”

⁷ tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.