2 Samuel 1:24
Context1:24 O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,
who clothed you in scarlet 1 as well as jewelry,
who put gold jewelry on your clothes.
2 Samuel 13:18
Context13:18 (Now she was wearing a long robe, 2 for this is what the king’s virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon’s 3 attendant removed her and bolted the door 4 behind her.
2 Samuel 14:2
Context14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning 5 and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. 6


[1:24] 1 sn Clothing of scarlet was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people.
[13:18] 2 tn The Hebrew expression used here (כְּתֹנֶת פַּסִּים, kÿtonet passim) is found only here and in Gen 37:3, 23, 32. Hebrew פַּס (pas) can refer to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot; here the idea is probably that of a long robe reaching to the feet and having sleeves reaching to the wrists. The notion of a “coat of many colors” (KJV, ASV “garment of divers colors”), a familiar translation for the phrase in Genesis, is based primarily on the translation adopted in the LXX χιτῶνα ποικίλον (citona poikilion) and does not have a great deal of support.
[13:18] 3 tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amnon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[13:18] 4 tn The Hebrew verb is a perfect with nonconsecutive vav, probably indicating an action (locking the door) that complements the preceding one (pushing her out the door).
[14:2] 3 tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.