2 Samuel 16:8

16:8 The Lord has punished you for ¹  all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”

2 Samuel 18:9

18:9 Then Absalom happened to come across David’s men. Now as Absalom was riding on his ²  mule, it ³  went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, ⁴  while the mule he had been riding kept going.

2 Samuel 24:9

24:9 Joab reported the number of warriors ⁵  to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

[16:8]  ¹ tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “the.”

[18:9]  ³ tn Heb “the donkey.”

[18:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “between the sky and the ground.”

[24:9]  ³ tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”