2 Samuel 23:19

23:19 From ¹  the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

2 Samuel 2:32

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

2 Samuel 5:23

5:23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. ³  This time ⁴  the Lord ⁵  said to him, “Don’t march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 7:24

7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ⁷  You, O Lord, became their God.

2 Samuel 4:9

4:9 David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,

2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ⁸  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ⁹  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ¹⁰  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 17:17

17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ¹¹  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹² 

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 ¹³  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

¹ tn Or “more than.”

² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

³ tn The words “what to do” are not in the Hebrew text.

⁴ tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees”; NEB, REB “aspens.” The exact identification of the type of tree or plant is uncertain.

⁴ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

⁷ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁶ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁷ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”