2 Samuel 11:27

11:27 When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. ¹  She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord. ² 

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ³  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ⁴  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving ⁶  the city.

2 Samuel 16:1

David Receives Gifts from Ziba

16:1 When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, ⁷  and a container of wine.

2 Samuel 16:9

16:9 Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”

2 Samuel 17:20-21

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ⁸  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ⁹ 

17:21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan ¹⁰  climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream ¹¹  quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” ¹² 

2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ¹³  mule, it ¹⁴  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ¹⁵  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me ¹⁶  return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

2 Samuel 19:41

19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”

2 Samuel 24:10

24:10 David felt guilty ¹⁷  after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, “I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

[11:27]  ¹ tn Heb “David sent and gathered her to his house.”

[11:27]  ² tn Heb “and the thing which David had done was evil in the eyes of the Lord.” Note the verbal connection with v. 25. Though David did not regard the matter as evil, the Lord certainly did.

[12:31]  ³ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “crossing from.”

[16:1]  ⁷ tn Heb “a hundred summer fruit.”

[17:20]  ⁹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Ahimaaz and Jonathan) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:21]  ¹² tn Heb “the water.”

[17:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “for thus Ahithophel has devised against you.” The expression “thus” is narrative shorthand, referring to the plan outlined by Ahithophel (see vv. 1-3). The men would surely have outlined the plan in as much detail as they had been given by the messenger.

[18:9]  ¹³ tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the donkey.”

[18:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”

[19:37]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “your servant.”

[24:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and the heart of David struck him.”