2 Samuel 2:21

2:21 Abner said to him, “Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers ¹  and take his equipment for yourself!” But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him.

2 Samuel 9:11

9:11 Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do.” So Mephibosheth was a regular guest ²  at David’s table, ³  just as though he were one of the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 11:25

11:25 David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. ⁴  There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. ⁵  Press the battle against the city and conquer ⁶  it.’ Encourage him with these words.” ⁷ 

[2:21]  ¹ tn Heb “young men.” So also elsewhere.

[9:11]  ² tn Heb “eating.”

[9:11]  ³ tc Heb “my table.” But the first person reference to David is awkward here since the quotation of David’s words has already been concluded in v. 10; nor does the “my” refer to Ziba, since the latter part of v. 11 does not seem to be part of Ziba’s response to the king. The ancient versions are not unanimous in the way that they render the phrase. The LXX has “the table of David” (τῆς τραπέζης Δαυιδ, th" trapezh" Dauid); the Syriac Peshitta has “the table of the king” (patureh demalka’); the Vulgate has “your table” (mensam tuam). The present translation follows the LXX.

[11:25]  ³ tn Heb “let not this matter be evil in your eyes.”

[11:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “according to this and according to this the sword devours.”

[11:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “overthrow.”

[11:25]  ⁶ tn The Hebrew text does not have “with these words.” They are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.