2 Samuel 6:21

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.

2 Samuel 7:6-7

7:6 I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. ²  7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ³  to any of the leaders ⁴  whom I appointed to care for ⁵  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ⁶  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ⁷  any more. Violent men ⁸  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 10:8

10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

2 Samuel 10:11

10:11 Joab ⁹  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ¹⁰  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ¹¹  I will come to your rescue.

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer ¹²  saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. ¹³  The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 14:15

14:15 I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. ¹⁴  But your servant said, ‘I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant ¹⁵  asks.

2 Samuel 14:33

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king ¹⁶  summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom ¹⁷  bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. ¹⁸ 

¹ tn Heb “all his house”; CEV “anyone else in your family.”

² tn Heb “in a tent and in a dwelling.” The expression is a hendiadys, using two terms to express one idea.

³ tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

⁴ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

⁵ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

⁴ tn Heb “plant.”

⁵ tn Heb “shaken.”

⁶ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

⁷ tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

⁶ tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they served them.”

⁷ tc The LXX (ὄψεταί με, opsetai me) has misunderstood the Hebrew יֵרְאֻנִי (yerÿ’uni, Piel perfect, “they have made me fearful”), taking the verb to be a form of the verb רָאָה (ra’ah, “to see”) rather than the verb יָרֵא (yare’, “to fear”). The fact that the Greek translators were working with an unvocalized Hebrew text (i.e., consonants only) made them very susceptible to this type of error.

⁸ tn Here and in v. 16 the woman refers to herself as the king’s אָמָה (’amah), a term that refers to a higher level female servant toward whom the master might have some obligation. Like the other term, this word expresses her humility, but it also suggests that the king might have some obligation to treat her in accordance with the principles of justice.

⁸ tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.