2 Samuel 12:11

12:11 This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you ¹  from inside your own household! ²  Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. ³  He will have sexual relations with ⁴  your wives in broad daylight! ⁵ 

2 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, ⁶  am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ⁷  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ⁸  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ⁹  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

2 Samuel 24:17

24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” ¹⁰ 

[12:11]  ¹ tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”

[12:11]  ² tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”

[12:11]  ³ tn Or “friend.”

[12:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “will lie with” (so NIV, NRSV); TEV “will have intercourse with”; CEV, NLT “will go to bed with.”

[12:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”

[15:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.

[20:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹² tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”

[24:17]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”