2 Samuel 2:27

2:27 Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit ¹  of their brothers!”

2 Samuel 6:6

6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, ²  Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of ³  the ark of God, ⁴  because the oxen stumbled.

2 Samuel 7:2

7:2 The king said to Nathan the prophet, “Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”

2 Samuel 7:28

7:28 Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! ⁵  May your words prove to be true! ⁶  You have made this good promise to your servant! ⁷ 

2 Samuel 12:16

12:16 Then David prayed to ⁸  God for the child and fasted. ⁹  He would even ¹⁰  go and spend the night lying on the ground.

2 Samuel 15:25

15:25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord’s sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again.

2 Samuel 19:27

19:27 But my servant ¹¹  has slandered me ¹²  to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

[2:27]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb נַעֲלָה (na’alah) used here is the Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular of עָלָה (’alah, “to go up”). In the Niphal this verb “is used idiomatically, of getting away from so as to abandon…especially of an army raising a siege…” (see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 244).

[6:6]  ² tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”

[6:6]  ³ tn Or “steadied.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”

[7:28]  ³ tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.

[7:28]  ⁴ tn The translation understands the prefixed verb form as a jussive, indicating David’s wish/prayer. Another option is to take the form as an imperfect and translate “your words are true.”

[7:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

[12:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “sought” or “searched for.”

[12:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “and David fasted.”

[12:16]  ⁶ tn The three Hebrew verbs that follow in this verse are perfects with prefixed vav. They may describe repeated past actions or actions which accompanied David’s praying and fasting.

[19:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:27]  ⁶ tn Heb “your servant.”