2 Samuel 5:5

5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ¹  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 5:13

5:13 David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David.

2 Samuel 9:13

9:13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, ²  for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.

2 Samuel 10:14

10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to ³  Jerusalem. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 11:12

11:12 So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow ⁶  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, ⁷  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 15:11

15:11 Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:25

19:25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2 Samuel 19:34

19:34 Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ⁹  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ¹⁰  to Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 20:7

20:7 So Joab’s men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri.

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³ tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”

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⁴ tn On the chronology involved here see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 287.

⁵ tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

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⁶ tn Heb “being invited and going naively and they did not know anything.”

⁷ tn Heb “went up from after.”

⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

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