2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ¹  How then could I show ²  my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 2:32

2:32 They took Asahel’s body and buried him in his father’s tomb at Bethlehem. ³  Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn.

2 Samuel 3:32

3:32 So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly ⁴  over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

2 Samuel 5:12

5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 8:6

8:6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected ⁵  David wherever he campaigned. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 13:34

13:34 In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west ⁷  on a road beside the hill.

2 Samuel 13:36

13:36 Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. ⁸  The king and all his servants wept loudly ⁹  as well.

¹ tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

² tn Heb “lift.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁵ tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

⁷ tn Or “delivered.”

⁸ tn Or “wherever he went.”

⁹ tn Heb “behind him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and they lifted their voice and wept.”

¹² tn Heb “with a great weeping.”