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 ¹  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ²  sent his son Joram ³  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁴  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁵  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 11:21

11:21 Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn’t a woman throw an upper millstone ⁷  down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?’ just say to him, ‘Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.’”

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ⁸  blew the trumpet, and his men ⁹  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ¹⁰  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When the angel ¹¹  extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. ¹²  He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” ¹³  (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

¹ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

² tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

⁴ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁵ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

⁶ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”

³ sn The upper millstone (Heb “millstone of riding”) refers to the heavy circular stone that was commonly rolled over a circular base in order to crush and grind such things as olives.

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “his tents.”

⁵ tn Heb “messenger.”

⁶ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

⁷ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”