2 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you ¹  reaches me.”

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 ²  Jerusalem. ³ 

2 Samuel 13:28

13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk ⁴  and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” ⁵ 

2 Samuel 14:30

14:30 So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” ⁶  So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s ⁷  portion of the field on fire.

[15:28]  ¹ tn The pronoun is plural, referring to Zadok and Abiathar.

[10:14]  ² tn Heb “and Joab returned from against the sons of Ammon and entered.”

[10:14]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[13:28]  ³ tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”

[13:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”

[14:30]  ⁴ tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And the servants of Absalom burned them up. And the servants of Joab came to him, rending their garments. They said….”

[14:30]  ⁵ tn The word “Joab’s” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.