2 Samuel 5:2

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ¹  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

2 Samuel 5:1

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ² 

2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ³  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ⁴ 

2 Samuel 14:7

14:7 Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, ‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death ⁵  of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, ⁶  leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”

¹ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

² tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”

³ tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

⁴ tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

⁵ tn Heb “in exchange for the life.” The Hebrew preposition בְּ (bÿ, “in”) here is the so-called bet pretii, or bet (בְּ) of price, defining the value attached to someone or something.

⁶ sn My remaining coal is here metaphorical language, describing the one remaining son as her only source of lingering hope for continuing the family line.