2 Samuel 14:23

14:23 So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. ¹ 

2 Samuel 15:37

15:37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:7

8:7 David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer’s servants and brought them to Jerusalem. ² 

2 Samuel 15:29

15:29 So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there.

2 Samuel 16:15

The Advice of Ahithophel

16:15 Now when Absalom and all the men ³  of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, ⁴  Ahithophel was with him.

2 Samuel 24:8

24:8 They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 10:14

10:14 When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to ⁶  Jerusalem. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow ⁸  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, ⁹  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 19:25

19:25 When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, “Why didn’t you go with me, Mephibosheth?”

2 Samuel 19:34

19:34 Barzillai replied to the king, “How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ¹⁰  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ¹¹  to Jerusalem. ¹² 

2 Samuel 5:6

David Occupies Jerusalem

5:6 Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem ¹³  against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites ¹⁴  said to David, “You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, ‘David cannot invade this place!’”

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ¹⁵  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 ¹⁶  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁷ 

2 Samuel 17:20

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 ¹⁸  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ 

2 Samuel 20:3

20:3 Then David went to his palace ²⁰  in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. ²¹  Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. ²²  They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows.

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ²³  blew the trumpet, and his men ²⁴  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ²⁵  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 24:16

24:16 When the angel ²⁶  extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. ²⁷  He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” ²⁸  (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)

[14:23]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[8:7]  ² tc The LXX includes seventeen words (in Greek) at the end of v. 7 that are not found in the MT. The LXX addition is as follows: “And Sousakim king of Egypt took them when he came up to Jerusalem in the days of Rehoboam the son of Solomon.” This Greek reading now finds Hebrew support in 4QSam^a. For a reconstruction of this poorly preserved Qumran text see E. C. Ulrich, Jr., The Qumran Text of Samuel and Josephus (HSM), 45-48.

[16:15]  ³ tn Heb “and all the people, the men of Israel.”

[16:15]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:8]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”

[10:14]  ⁶ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:8]  ⁶ tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

[15:8]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up from after.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:6]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[5:6]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has “he” rather than “the Jebusites.” The referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In the Syriac Peshitta and some mss of the Targum the verb is plural rather than singular.

[12:31]  ⁹ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[20:3]  ¹² tn Heb “and he placed them in a guarded house.”

[20:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “he did not come to them”; NAB “has no further relations with them”; NIV “did not lie with them”; TEV “did not have intercourse with them”; NLT “would no longer sleep with them.”

[20:22]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his tents.”

[24:16]  ¹³ tn Heb “messenger.”

[24:16]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “concerning the calamity.”

[24:16]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Now, drop your hand.”