3:14 David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: 1 “Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired 2 for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”
12:24 So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. 3 She gave birth to a son, and David 4 named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child 5
16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”
18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.” 6
1 tn Heb “to Ish-bosheth son of Saul saying.” To avoid excessive sibilance (especially when read aloud) the translation renders “saying” as “with this demand.”
2 tn Heb “whom I betrothed to myself.”
3 tn Heb “and he lay with her.”
4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity. While some translations render the pronoun as third person plural (“they”), implying that both David and Bathsheba together named the child, it is likely that the name “Solomon,” which is related to the Hebrew word for “peace” (and may be derived from it) had special significance for David, who would have regarded the birth of a second child to Bathsheba as a confirming sign that God had forgiven his sin and was at peace with him.
5 tn Heb “him,” referring to the child.
5 tn Heb “that the