2 Samuel 2:26

2:26 Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”

2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him ¹  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ² 

2 Samuel 6:20

6:20 When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, ³  Michal, Saul’s daughter, came out to meet him. ⁴  She said, “How the king of Israel has distinguished ⁵  himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants’ slave girls the way a vulgar fool ⁶  might do!”

2 Samuel 9:7

9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ⁸  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ⁹  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new ¹¹  king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. ¹² 

2 Samuel 15:34

15:34 But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, ‘I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father’s servant, and now I will be your servant.’

2 Samuel 16:3

16:3 The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?” ¹³  Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem, ¹⁴  for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s ¹⁵  kingdom.’”

2 Samuel 16:8

16:8 The Lord has punished you for ¹⁶  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 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ¹⁷  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:37

19:37 Let me ¹⁹  return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you.”

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ²⁰  blew the trumpet, and his men ²¹  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ²²  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 23:10

23:10 he stood his ground ²³  and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it ²⁴  seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

[3:27]  ¹ tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

[3:27]  ² tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and David returned to bless his house.”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “David.” The name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[6:20]  ³ tn Heb “honored.”

[6:20]  ⁴ tn Heb “one of the foolish ones.”

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

[12:31]  ¹ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ² tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ³ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:19]  ¹ tn The word “new” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to make it clear that David refers to Absalom, not himself.

[15:19]  ² tn Heb “place.”

[16:3]  ¹ tn Heb “son.”

[16:3]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[16:3]  ³ tn Heb “my father’s.”

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

[17:20]  ¹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:37]  ¹ tn Heb “your servant.”

[20:22]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ³ tn Heb “his tents.”

[23:10]  ¹ tn Heb “arose.”

[23:10]  ² tn Heb “his hand.”