2 Samuel 10:14

10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to ¹  Jerusalem. ² 

2 Samuel 16:3

16:3 The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” ³  Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, ⁴  for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s ⁵  kingdom.’”

2 Samuel 19:19

19:19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left ⁶  Jerusalem! ⁷  Please don’t call it to mind!

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ⁸  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ⁹  to Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

[10:14]  ¹ tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”

[10:14]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “son.”

[16:3]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “my father’s.”

[19:19]  ⁵ tn Though this verb in the MT is 3rd person masculine singular, it should probably be read as 2nd person masculine singular. It is one of fifteen places where the Masoretes placed a dot over each of the letters of the word in question in order to call attention to their suspicion of the word. Their concern in this case apparently had to do with the fact that this verb and the two preceding verbs alternate from third person to second and back again to third. Words marked in this way in Hebrew manuscripts or printed editions are said to have puncta extrordinaria, or “extraordinary points.”

[19:19]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up from after.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.