2 Samuel 6:12

6:12 David was told, ¹  “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ²  sent his son Joram ³  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁴  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁵  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 12:20

12:20 So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate.

2 Samuel 18:18

18:18 Prior to this ⁷  Absalom had set up a monument ⁸  and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

2 Samuel 24:24

24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”

² tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

⁴ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

⁵ tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”

⁶ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”

³ tn Heb “and.” This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.

⁴ tn Heb “a pillar.”

⁴ tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.