2 Samuel 14:27

14:27 Absalom had ¹  three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman. ² 

2 Samuel 11:2

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ³  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ⁵  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ⁶  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

[14:27]  ¹ tn Heb “and there were born.”

[14:27]  ² tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And she became a wife to Rehoboam the son of Solomon and bore to him Abia.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

[11:2]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

[23:21]  ⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

[23:21]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he went down to.”