2 Samuel 1:3

1:3 David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

2 Samuel 1:5

1:5 David said to the young man ¹  who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” ² 

2 Samuel 1:8

1:8 He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ I told him, ‘I’m ³  an Amalekite.’

2 Samuel 1:14

1:14 David replied to him, “How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord’s anointed?”

2 Samuel 2:5

2:5 So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, “May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness ⁴  to your lord Saul by burying him.

2 Samuel 2:20

2:20 Then Abner turned and asked, “Is that you, Asahel?” He replied, “Yes it is!”

2 Samuel 3:38

3:38 Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great leader ⁵  has fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 7:5

7:5 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

2 Samuel 7:15

7:15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

2 Samuel 7:21

7:21 For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose ⁶  you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 13:4

13:4 He asked Amnon, ⁸  “Why are you, the king’s son, ⁹  so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 18:21

18:21 Then Joab said to the Cushite, “Go and tell the king what you have seen.” After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off.

2 Samuel 19:25

19:25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2 Samuel 22:41

22:41 You make my enemies retreat; ¹⁰ 

I destroy those who hate me.

[1:5]  ¹ tn In v. 2 he is called simply a “man.” The word used here in v. 5 (so also in vv. 6, 13, 15), though usually referring to a young man or servant, may in this context designate a “fighting” man, i.e., a soldier.

[1:5]  ² tc Instead of the MT “who was recounting this to him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’” the Syriac Peshitta reads “declare to me how Saul and his son Jonathan died.”

[1:8]  ¹ tc The present translation reads with the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss “and I said,” rather than the Kethib which has “and he said.” See the LXX, Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate, all of which have the first person.

[2:5]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty.”

[3:38]  ¹ tn Heb “a leader and a great one.” The expression is a hendiadys.

[7:21]  ¹ tn Heb “for the sake of your word and according to your heart.”

[7:21]  ² tn Heb “to make known, your servant.”

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “and he said to him.”

[13:4]  ² tn An more idiomatic translation might be “Why are you of all people…?”

[22:41]  ¹ tn Heb “and [as for] my enemies, you give to me [the] back [or “neck” ].” The idiom “give [the] back” means “to cause [one] to turn the back and run away.” See Exod 23:27 and HALOT 888 s.v. II ערף.