2 Samuel 2:3

2:3 David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities ¹  of Hebron.

2 Samuel 6:4

6:4 They brought ²  it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

2 Samuel 7:3

7:3 Nathan replied to the king, “You should go ³  and do whatever you have in mind, ⁴  for the Lord is with you.”

2 Samuel 7:15

7:15 But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you.

2 Samuel 10:13

10:13 So Joab and his men ⁵  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 13:11

13:11 As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, ⁶  my sister!”

2 Samuel 15:28

15:28 Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you ⁷  reaches me.”

2 Samuel 17:24

17:24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

[2:3]  ¹ tc The expression “the cities of Hebron” is odd; we would expect the noun to be in the singular, if used at all. Although the Syriac Peshitta has the expected reading “in Hebron,” the MT is clearly the more difficult reading and should probably be retained here.

[6:4]  ² tn Heb “lifted.”

[7:3]  ³ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack this word.

[7:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all that is in your heart.”

[10:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”

[13:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “lie with me” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “come and have sexual relations with me.”

[15:28]  ⁶ tn The pronoun is plural, referring to Zadok and Abiathar.