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 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ³  “Come on! ⁴  Let’s escape! ⁵  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁶  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁷ 

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 ⁸  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ⁹  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.” ¹⁰ 

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

[14:2]  ² tn Heb “these many days.”

[15:14]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[20:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

[20:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “Look!”

[24:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”