2 Samuel 9:7

9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 10:2

10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ²  to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal ³  to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. ⁴  When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 12:4

12:4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, ⁵  he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed ⁶  the traveler who had come to visit him. ⁷  Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked ⁸  it for the man who had come to visit him.”

2 Samuel 19:24

19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, ⁹  came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely ¹⁰  returned, Mephibosheth ¹¹  had not cared for his feet ¹²  nor trimmed ¹³  his mustache nor washed his clothes.

¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

² tn Heb “do loyalty.”

³ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

⁴ tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”

³ tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons.

⁴ tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”

⁵ tn Heb “who had come to him” (also a second time later in this verse). The word “visit” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

⁶ tn Heb “and prepared.”

⁴ tn Heb “son.”

⁵ tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.

⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁷ tn Heb “done his feet.”

⁸ tn Heb “done.”