2 Samuel 1:13

1:13 David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 1:16

1:16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying ‘I have put the Lord’s anointed to death.’”

2 Samuel 7:25

7:25 So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. ²  Do as you promised, ³ 

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, ⁴  and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

2 Samuel 13:29-30

13:29 So Absalom’s servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king’s sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.

13:30 While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”

2 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Yes! ⁵  The king may ⁶  listen and deliver his female servant ⁷  from the hand of the man who seeks to remove ⁸  both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ ⁹ 

2 Samuel 17:6

17:6 So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?”

2 Samuel 19:27

19:27 But my servant ¹⁰  has slandered me ¹¹  to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

2 Samuel 19:32

19:32 But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich ¹²  man.

[1:13]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word used here refers to a foreigner whose social standing was something less than that of native residents of the land, but something more than that of a nonresident alien who was merely passing through.

[7:25]  ² tn Heb “and now, O Lord God, the word which you spoke concerning your servant and concerning his house, establish permanently.”

[7:25]  ³ tn Heb “as you have spoken.”

[10:17]  ³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:16]  ⁴ tn Or “for.”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “destroy.”

[14:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.

[19:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “your servant.”

[19:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “great.”