2 Samuel 23:28-29

23:28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, 23:29 Heled ¹  son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin,

2 Samuel 23:1

David’s Final Words

23:1 These are the final words of David:

“The oracle of David son of Jesse,

the oracle of the man raised up as

the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, ² 

Israel’s beloved ³  singer of songs:

2 Samuel 2:1

David is Anointed King

2:1 Afterward David inquired of the Lord, “Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The Lord told him, “Go up.” David asked, “Where should I go?” The Lord replied, ⁴  “To Hebron.”

2 Samuel 11:1

David Commits Adultery with Bathsheba

11:1 In the spring of the year, at the time when kings ⁵  normally conduct wars, ⁶  David sent out Joab with his officers ⁷  and the entire Israelite army. ⁸  They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. ⁹ 

Ezra 2:2

2:2 They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah.

The number of Israelites ¹⁰  was as follows: ¹¹ 

Ezra 2:22

2:22 the men of Netophah: 56;

Nehemiah 7:26

7:26 The men of Bethlehem ¹²  and Netophah, 188;

¹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חֵלֶד (kheled; cf. NAB, NIV, NLT) rather than the MT חֵלֶב (khelev).

² tn Heb “the anointed one of the God of Jacob.”

³ tn Or “pleasant.”

⁴ tn Heb “he said.” The referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tc Codex Leningrad (B19A), on which BHS is based, has here “messengers” (הַמַּלְאכִים, hammal’khim), probably as the result of contamination from the occurrence of that word in v. 4. The present translation follows most Hebrew mss and the ancient versions, which read “kings” (הַמֶּלָאכִים, hammela’kim).

⁶ tn Heb “go out.”

⁷ tn Heb “and his servants with him.”

⁸ tn Heb “all Israel.”

⁹ tn The disjunctive clause contrasts David’s inactivity with the army’s activity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “men of the people of Israel.”

¹¹ tn The words “was as follows” are not in the Hebrew text but are used in the translation for clarity.

¹² map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.