Discovery Box2 Samuel 2:7
Context2:7 Now be courageous 1 and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”
2 Samuel 2:11
Context2:11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years. 2
2 Samuel 3:10
Context3:10 namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!”
2 Samuel 19:14-16
Context19:14 He 3 won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.” 19:15 So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. 4
Now the people of Judah 5 had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him 6 cross the Jordan. 19:16 Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David.
2 Samuel 19:40
Context19:40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham 7 crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers 8 of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. 9
2 Samuel 20:2
Context20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted 10 David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River 11 to Jerusalem. 12
2 Samuel 20:4
Context20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, 13 and you be present here with them too.”
2 Samuel 24:1
Context24:1 The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.” 14
2 Samuel 24:7
Context24:7 Then they went to the fortress of Tyre 15 and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.
[2:7] 1 tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”
[2:11] 2 tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”
[19:14] 3 tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”
[19:15] 4 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[19:15] 5 tn The Hebrew text has simply “Judah.”
[19:15] 6 tn Heb “the king.” The pronoun (“him”) has been used in the translation to avoid redundancy.
[19:40] 5 tn The MT in this instance alone spells the name with final ן (nun, “Kimhan”) rather than as elsewhere with final ם (mem, “Kimham”). As in most other translations, the conventional spelling (with ם) has been used here to avoid confusion.
[19:40] 7 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
[20:2] 6 tn Heb “went up from after.”
[20:2] 7 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
[20:2] 8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[20:4] 7 tn The present translation follows the Masoretic accentuation, with the major mark of disjunction (i.e., the atnach) placed at the word “days.” However, some scholars have suggested moving the atnach to “Judah” a couple of words earlier. This would yield the following sense: “Three days, and you be present here with them.” The difference in meaning is slight, and the MT is acceptable as it stands.
[24:1] 8 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.
[24:7] 9 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.
