2 Samuel 3:8

3:8 These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating ¹  loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives ²  and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today! ³ 

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ⁴  sent his son Joram ⁵  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁶  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁷  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 13:32

13:32 Jonadab, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, said, “My lord should not say, ‘They have killed all the young men who are the king’s sons.’ For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about ⁹  from the day that Amnon ¹⁰  humiliated his sister Tamar.

2 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, ¹¹  am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Samuel 19:35

19:35 I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I ¹²  taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I ¹³  continue to be a burden to my lord the king?

2 Samuel 20:21

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ¹⁴  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ¹⁵  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

2 Samuel 24:13

24:13 Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven ¹⁶  years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide ¹⁷  what I should tell the one who sent me.”

¹ tn Heb “I do.”

² tn Heb “brothers.”

³ tn Heb “and you have laid upon me the guilt of the woman today.”

⁴ tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁵ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

⁶ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁷ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

⁸ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”

⁷ tn Heb “it was placed on the mouth of Absalom.”

⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.

¹³ tn Heb “your servant.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “your servant.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “Look!”

¹⁹ tc The LXX has here “three” rather than “seven,” and is followed by NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV, NLT. See 1 Chr 21:12.

²⁰ tn Heb “now know and see.”