2 Samuel 12:4

Context

12:4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home,¹ he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed² the traveler who had come to visit him.³ Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked⁴ it for the man who had come to visit him.”

2 Samuel 2:23

Context
2:23 But Asahel⁵ refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his⁶ spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel⁷ collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner.⁸ Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect.⁹

2 Samuel 20:12

Context
20:12 Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa¹⁰ stopped, the man¹¹ pulled him¹² away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him.

[12:4] ¹tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons.

[12:4] ²tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”

[12:4] ³tn Heb “who had come to him” (also a second time later in this verse). The word “visit” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

[12:4] ⁴tn Heb “and prepared.”

[2:23] ⁵tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23] ⁶tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

[2:23] ⁷tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23] ⁸tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23] ⁹tn Heb “and they stand.”

[20:12] ⁹tn Heb “him”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:12] ¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (the man who spoke up in v. 11) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:12] ¹¹tn Heb “Amasa.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.