2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered ¹  the house while Ish-bosheth ²  was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ³  and then cut off his head. ⁴  Taking his head, ⁵  they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Samuel 5:2

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ⁶  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

2 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Messengers ⁷  told David what had happened, ⁸  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁹  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

2 Samuel 11:10

11:10 So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”

2 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When he would shave his head – at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long ¹⁰  and he would shave it – he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds ¹¹  according to the king’s weight.

2 Samuel 17:29

17:29 honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. ¹²  For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.” ¹³ 

¹ tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

⁴ tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

⁵ tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”

⁶ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹² tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ map For location see Map5-B2; Map6-E1; Map7-E1; Map8-E3; Map10-A2; Map11-A1.

¹⁶ tn Heb “for it was heavy upon him.”

¹⁷ tn Heb “two hundred shekels.” The modern equivalent would be about three pounds (1.4 kg).

²¹ tn Heb “cheese of the herd,” probably referring to cheese from cow’s milk (rather than goat’s milk).

²² tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).