2 Samuel 1:15

1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers ¹  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 2:14

2:14 Abner said to Joab, “Let the soldiers get up and fight ²  before us.” Joab said, “So be it!” ³ 

2 Samuel 18:15

18:15 Then ten soldiers who were Joab’s armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Heb “young men.”

[2:14]  ² tn Heb “play.” What is in view here is a gladiatorial contest in which representative groups of soldiers engage in mortal combat before the watching armies. Cf. NAB “perform for us”; NASB “hold (have NRSV) a contest before us”; NLT “put on an exhibition of hand-to-hand combat.”

[2:14]  ³ tn Heb “let them arise.”