2 Samuel 19:20

19:20 For I, your servant, ¹  know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king.”

2 Samuel 21:9

21:9 He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them ²  died ³  together; they were put to death during harvest time – during the first days of the beginning ⁴  of the barley harvest.

2 Samuel 18:27

18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ⁵  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

2 Samuel 17:9

17:9 At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, ⁶  whoever hears about it will say, ‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ⁷  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

2 Samuel 23:19

23:19 From ⁸  the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three.

2 Samuel 3:13

3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.” ⁹ 

2 Samuel 19:43

19:43 The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want ¹⁰  to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.

2 Samuel 18:13

18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life ¹¹  – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.” ¹² 

2 Samuel 24:5

24:5 They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at ¹³  the wadi of Gad, near Jazer.

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ¹⁴  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ¹⁵  any more. Violent men ¹⁶  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 23:8

David’s Warriors

23:8 These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. ¹⁷  He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. ¹⁸ 

2 Samuel 20:10

20:10 Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab’s other hand, and Joab ¹⁹  stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa’s ²⁰  intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. ²¹  Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri.

[19:20]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has simply “your servant.”

[21:9]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading שְׁבַעְתָּם (shÿva’tam, “the seven of them”) rather than MT שִׁבַעְתִּים (shiva’tim, “seventy”).

[21:9]  ³ tn Heb “fell.”

[21:9]  ⁴ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading בִּתְחִלַּת (bithkhillat, “in the beginning”) rather than MT תְחִלַּת (tÿkhillat, “beginning of”).

[18:27]  ³ tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”

[17:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “that he falls on them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] at the first [encounter]; or “that some of them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] fall at the first [encounter].”

[23:23]  ⁵ tn Or “more than.”

[23:19]  ⁶ tn Or “more than.”

[3:13]  ⁷ tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.

[19:43]  ⁸ tn The translation understands the verb in a desiderative sense, indicating the desire but not necessarily the completed action of the party in question. It is possible, however, that the verb should be given the more common sense of accomplished action, in which case it means here “Why have you cursed us?”

[18:13]  ⁹ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and a number of the ancient versions in reading בְנַפְשִׁי (vÿnafshi, “against my life”) rather than the MT בְנַפְשׁוֹ (vÿnafsho, “against his life”).

[18:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “stood aloof.”

[24:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in the middle of.”

[7:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “plant.”

[7:10]  ¹² tn Heb “shaken.”

[7:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

[23:8]  ¹² tn The Hebrew word is sometimes rendered as “the three,” but BDB is probably correct in taking it to refer to military officers (BDB 1026 s.v. שְׁלִישִׁי). In that case the etymological connection of this word to the Hebrew numerical adjective for “three” can be explained as originating with a designation for the third warrior in a chariot.

[23:8]  ¹³ tc The translation follows some LXX mss (see 1 Chr 11:11 as well) in reading הוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ (hu’ ’orer ’et khanito, “he raised up his spear”) rather than the MT’s הוּא עֲדִינוֹ הָעֶצְנִי (hu’ ’adino ha’etsni [Kethib = הָעֶצְנוֹ, ha’etsno]; “Adino the Ezenite”). The emended text reads literally “he was wielding his spear against eight hundred, [who were] slain at one time.”

[20:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his”; the referent (Amasa) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and he did not repeat concerning him, and he died.”