2 Samuel 11:18

11:18 Then Joab sent a full battle report to David. ¹ 

2 Samuel 15:17

15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing ²  at a spot ³  some distance away.

2 Samuel 17:4

17:4 This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders ⁴  of Israel.

2 Samuel 22:23

22:23 For I am aware of all his regulations, ⁵ 

and I do not reject his rules. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 23:6

23:6 But evil people are like thorns –

all of them are tossed away,

for they cannot be held in the hand.

[11:18]  ¹ tn Heb “Joab sent and related to David all the matters of the battle.”

[15:17]  ² tn Heb “and they stood.”

[15:17]  ³ tn Heb “house.”

[17:4]  ³ tn Heb “elders.”

[22:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “for all his regulations are before me.” The term מִשְׁפָּטָו (mishpatav, “his regulations”) refers to God’s covenantal requirements, especially those which the king is responsible to follow (cf Deut 17:18-20). See also Pss 19:9 (cf vv. 7-8); 89:30; 147:20 (cf v. 19), as well as the numerous uses of the term in Ps 119.

[22:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and his rules, I do not turn aside from it.” Ps 18:22 reads, “and his rules I do not turn aside from me.” The prefixed verbal form is probably an imperfect; David here generalizes about his loyalty to God’s commands. The Lord’s “rules” are the stipulations of the covenant which the king was responsible to obey (see Ps 89:31; cf v. 30 and Deut 17:18-20).