2 Samuel 18:30

18:30 The king said, “Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended 1  it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

2 Samuel 18:13

18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life 2  – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.” 3 

2 Samuel 21:5

21:5 They replied to the king, “As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel –

1 tn Heb “delivered.”

1 tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and a number of the ancient versions in reading בְנַפְשִׁי (vÿnafshi, “against my life”) rather than the MT בְנַפְשׁוֹ (vÿnafsho, “against his life”).

2 tn Heb “stood aloof.”