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 2:3

2:3 David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities ²  of Hebron.

2 Samuel 6:4

6:4 They brought ³  it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

2 Samuel 6:22

6:22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! ⁴  But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

2 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go ⁵  and do whatever you have in mind, ⁶  for the Lord is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:15

7:15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

2 Samuel 8:7

8:7 David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth ⁸  bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?” ⁹ 

2 Samuel 10:13

10:13 So Joab and his men ¹⁰  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 11:22

11:22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

2 Samuel 15:15

15:15 The king’s servants replied to the king, “We will do whatever our lord the king decides.” ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 16:14

16:14 The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David ¹²  refreshed himself.

2 Samuel 17:7

17:7 Hushai replied to Absalom, “Ahithophel’s advice is not sound this time.” ¹³ 

2 Samuel 18:1

The Death of Absalom

18:1 David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds.

2 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

2 Samuel 20:5

20:5 So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

2 Samuel 21:11

21:11 When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul’s concubine, had done,

2 Samuel 23:15

23:15 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!”

[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.

[2:3]  ² tc The expression “the cities of Hebron” is odd; we would expect the noun to be in the singular, if used at all. Although the Syriac Peshitta has the expected reading “in Hebron,” the MT is clearly the more difficult reading and should probably be retained here.

[6:4]  ³ tn Heb “lifted.”

[6:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack this word.

[7:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

[8:7]  ⁶ tc The LXX includes seventeen words (in Greek) at the end of v. 7 that are not found in the MT. The LXX addition is as follows: “And Sousakim king of Egypt took them when he came up to Jerusalem in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon.” This Greek reading now finds Hebrew support in 4QSam^a. For a reconstruction of this poorly preserved Qumran text see E. C. Ulrich, Jr., The Qumran Text of Samuel and Josephus (HSM), 45-48.

[9:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:8]  ⁸ tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

[10:13]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”

[15:15]  ⁹ tn Heb “according to all that my lord the king will choose, behold your servants!”

[16:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Not good is the advice which Ahithophel has advised at this time.”