2 Samuel 1:15
Context1:15 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 21:21
Context21:21 When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David’s brother Shimeah, killed him.
2 Samuel 4:6
Context4:6 They 2 entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him 3 in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped.
2 Samuel 6:7
Context6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 4 he 5 killed him on the spot 6 for his negligence. 7 He died right there beside the ark of God.
2 Samuel 2:23
Context2:23 But Asahel 8 refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his 9 spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel 10 collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. 11 Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. 12
2 Samuel 3:27
Context3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him 13 in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. 14
2 Samuel 4:7
Context4:7 They had entered 15 the house while Ish-bosheth 16 was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him 17 and then cut off his head. 18 Taking his head, 19 they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.
2 Samuel 20:10
Context20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab 20 stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s 21 intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. 22 Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.
2 Samuel 8:10
Context8:10 he 23 sent his son Joram 24 to King David to extend his best wishes 25 and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. 26 He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. 27


[4:6] 2 tc For the MT’s וְהֵנָּה (vÿhennah, “and they,” feminine) read וְהִנֵּה (vÿhinneh, “and behold”). See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Targum.
[4:6] 3 tn Heb “and they struck him down.”
[6:7] 3 tn Heb “and the anger of the
[6:7] 5 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
[6:7] 6 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.
[2:23] 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:23] 5 tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.
[2:23] 6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:23] 7 tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:23] 8 tn Heb “and they stand.”
[3:27] 5 tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”
[3:27] 6 tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”
[4:7] 6 tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.
[4:7] 7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[4:7] 8 tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.
[4:7] 9 tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.
[4:7] 10 tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”
[20:10] 7 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[20:10] 8 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[20:10] 9 tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”
[8:10] 8 tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[8:10] 9 tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.
[8:10] 10 tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”
[8:10] 11 tn Heb “and to bless him because he fought with Hadadezer and defeated him, for Hadadezer was a man of battles with Toi.”
[8:10] 12 tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”