2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him ¹  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ² 

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ³  to any of the leaders ⁴  whom I appointed to care for ⁵  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 7:29

7:29 Now be willing to bless your servant’s dynasty ⁶  so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant’s dynasty be blessed on into the future!” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 13:13

13:13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools ⁸  in Israel! Just ⁹  speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

2 Samuel 13:22

13:22 But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 14:18

14:18 Then the king replied to the woman, “Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak!”

¹ tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

² tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

³ tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

⁴ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

⁵ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

⁵ tn Heb “house” (again later in this verse). See the note on “dynastic house” in v. 27.

⁶ tn Or “permanently”; cf. NLT “it is an eternal blessing.”

⁷ tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”

⁸ tn Heb “Now.”