2 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Ish-bosheth took her ¹  from her husband Paltiel ²  son of Laish.

2 Samuel 5:13

5:13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

2 Samuel 8:3

8:3 David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish ³  his authority ⁴  over the Euphrates ⁵  River.

2 Samuel 9:12

9:12 Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants.

2 Samuel 10:1

David and the Ammonites

10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 13:3

13:3 Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man.

2 Samuel 13:27

13:27 But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king’s sons along with him.

2 Samuel 13:35

13:35 Jonadab said to the king, “Look! The king’s sons have come! It’s just as I said!”

2 Samuel 14:27

14:27 Absalom had ⁷  three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:16

19:16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.

2 Samuel 19:21

19:21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, “For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord’s anointed!”

2 Samuel 20:23-24

20:23 Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoida was over the Kerethites and the Perethites. 20:24 Adoniram ⁹  was supervisor of the work crews. ¹⁰  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary.

2 Samuel 21:21

21:21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.

2 Samuel 23:24

23:24 Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem, ¹¹ 

¹ tn Heb “sent and took her.”

² tn In 1 Sam 25:44 this name appears as “Palti.”

³ tc The LXX has ἐπιστῆσαι (episthsai, “cause to stand”). See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:3.

⁴ tn Heb “hand.”

⁵ tn The MT does not have the name “Euphrates” in the text. It is supplied in the margin (Qere) as one of ten places where the Masoretes believed that something was “to be read although it was not written” in the text as they had received it. The ancient versions (LXX, Syriac Peshitta, Vulgate) include the word. See also the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:3.

⁵ tn Heb “reigned in his place.”

⁷ tn Heb “and there were born.”

⁸ tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And she became a wife to Rehoboam the son of Solomon and bore to him Abia.”

⁹ tn Heb “Adoram” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV, CEV), but see 1 Kgs 4:6; 5:14.

¹⁰ tn Heb “was over the forced labor.”

¹¹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.