2 Samuel 3:12-13

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers ¹  to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement ²  with me, and I will do whatever I can ³  to cause all Israel to turn to you.” 3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.” ⁴ 

2 Samuel 3:21

3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement ⁵  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ⁶  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ⁷  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁸  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving ⁹  the city.

2 Samuel 23:5

23:5 My dynasty is approved by God, ¹⁰ 

for he has made a perpetual covenant with me,

arranged in all its particulars and secured.

He always delivers me,

and brings all I desire to fruition. ¹¹ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”

² tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.

³ tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”

⁴ tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.

⁷ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

¹⁰ tn Heb “elders.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

¹² tn Heb “anointed.”

¹³ tn Heb “crossing from.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “For not thus [is] my house with God?”

¹⁷ tn Heb “for all my deliverance and every desire, surely does he not make [it] grow?”