2 Samuel 2:8

David’s Army Clashes with the Army of Saul

2:8 Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul’s army, had taken Saul’s son Ish-bosheth ¹  and had brought him to Mahanaim.

2 Samuel 10:16

10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from ²  beyond the Euphrates River, ³  and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁵  God will punish me severely, ⁶  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

[2:8]  ¹ sn The name Ish-bosheth means in Hebrew “man of shame.” It presupposes an earlier form such as Ish-baal (“man of the Lord”), with the word “baal” being used of Israel’s God. But because the Canaanite storm god was named “Baal,” that part of the name was later replaced with the word “shame.”

[10:16]  ² tn Heb “and Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram which is.”

[10:16]  ³ tn Heb “from beyond the River.” The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[10:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “was before them.”

[19:13]  ³ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”