2 Samuel 1:27

1:27 How the warriors have fallen!

The weapons of war ¹  are destroyed!

2 Samuel 10:8

10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

2 Samuel 21:15

Israel Engages in Various Battles with the Philistines

21:15 Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers ²  and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ³  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

2 Samuel 21:20

21:20 Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man ⁴  who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

[1:27]  ¹ sn The expression weapons of war may here be a figurative way of referring to Saul and Jonathan.

[21:15]  ² tn Heb “his servants.”

[17:8]  ³ tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”

[21:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “a man of stature.”