2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ¹  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ² 

2 Samuel 14:14

14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. ³ 

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁴  “Come on! ⁵  Let’s escape! ⁶  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁷  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁸ 

2 Samuel 20:21

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ⁹  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ¹⁰  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

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.” ¹¹ 

[14:2]  ¹ tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “these many days.”

[14:14]  ³ tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”

[15:14]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[20:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

[20:21]  ⁸ tn Heb “Look!”

[24:17]  ⁹ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”