2 Samuel 1:11

1:11 David then grabbed his own clothes ¹  and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 13:11

13:11 As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, ²  my sister!”

2 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But he refused to listen to her. ³  He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 15:5

15:5 When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom ⁵  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

[1:11]  ¹ tc The present translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “his garments,” rather than “his garment,” the reading of the Kethib.

[13:11]  ² tn Heb “lie with me” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “come and have sexual relations with me.”

[13:14]  ³ tn Heb “to her voice.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he humiliated her and lay with her.”

[15:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.