2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ¹  How then could I show ²  my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 2:28

2:28 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. ³  They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ⁵  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ⁶ 

2 Samuel 3:34

3:34 Your hands ⁷  were not bound,

and your feet were not put into irons.

You fell the way one falls before criminals.”

All the people ⁸  wept over him again.

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ⁹  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ¹⁰  any more. Violent men ¹¹  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 24:1

David Displeases the Lord by Taking a Census

24:1 The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.” ¹² 

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “lift.”

[2:28]  ³ tn Heb “stood.”

[2:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “they no longer chased after Israel and they no longer fought.”

[3:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

[3:9]  ⁶ tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

[3:34]  ⁷ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and several ancient versions in reading “your hands,” rather than “your hand.”

[3:34]  ⁸ tc 4QSam^a lacks the words “all the people.”

[7:10]  ⁹ tn Heb “plant.”

[7:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “shaken.”

[7:10]  ¹¹ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

[24:1]  ¹¹ sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1.