2 Samuel 2:17

2:17 Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David’s soldiers. ¹ 

2 Samuel 7:5

7:5 “Go, tell my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in?

2 Samuel 10:4

10:4 So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, ²  and then sent them away.

2 Samuel 11:9

11:9 But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all ³  the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:13

11:13 Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house.

2 Samuel 16:6

16:6 He threw stones at David and all of King David’s servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left.

2 Samuel 18:7

18:7 The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. ⁴  The slaughter there was great that day – 20,000 soldiers were killed.

[2:17]  ¹ tn Heb “servants.” So also elsewhere.

[10:4]  ² tn Heb “and he cut their robes in the middle unto their buttocks.”

[11:9]  ³ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation lacks the word “all.”

[18:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “servants” (also in v. 9).