2 Samuel 2:7

2:7 Now be courageous ¹  and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”

2 Samuel 13:28

13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk ²  and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” ³ 

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ⁴  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

¹ tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”

² tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”

³ tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”

³ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”