2 Samuel 1:27

1:27 How the warriors have fallen!

The weapons of war ¹  are destroyed!

2 Samuel 18:15

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

2 Samuel 23:37

23:37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer ²  of Joab son of Zeruiah),

2 Samuel 8:10

8:10 he ³  sent his son Joram ⁴  to King David to extend his best wishes ⁵  and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. ⁶  He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. ⁷ 

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

[23:37]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading the singular rather than the plural of the Kethib of the MT.

[8:10]  ³ tn Heb “Toi.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[8:10]  ⁴ tn The name appears as “Hadoram” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:10.

[8:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “to ask concerning him for peace.”

[8:10]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ tn Heb “and in his hand were items of silver and items of gold and items of bronze.”