6:21 David replied to Michal, “It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family 1 and appointed me as leader over the Lord’s people Israel.
12:7 Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose 2 you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.
12:1 So the Lord sent Nathan 3 to David. When he came to David, 4 Nathan 5 said, 6 “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
9:1 7 Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family 8 of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”
10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. 9
1 tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”
2 tn Heb “anointed.”
3 tc A few medieval Hebrew
4 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn The Hebrew text repeats “to him.”
7 sn 2 Samuel 9–20 is known as the Succession Narrative. It is a literary unit that describes David’s efforts at consolidating his own kingdom following the demise of King Saul; it also provides the transition to subsequent leadership on the part of David’s successor Solomon.
8 tn Heb “house.”
9 tn Heb “reigned in his place.”