2 Samuel 20:24

20:24 Adoniram ¹  was supervisor of the work crews. ²  Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary.

2 Samuel 8:16

David’s Cabinet

8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of ³  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

2 Samuel 14:11

14:11 She replied, “In that case, ⁴  let the king invoke the name of ⁵  the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!” He replied, “As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son’s head ⁶  will fall to the ground.”

2 Samuel 18:18

18:18 Prior to this ⁷  Absalom had set up a monument ⁸  and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

2 Samuel 19:19

19:19 He said to the king, “Don’t think badly of me, my lord, and don’t recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left ⁹  Jerusalem! ¹⁰  Please don’t call it to mind!

[20:24]  ¹ tn Heb “Adoram” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV, CEV), but see 1 Kgs 4:6; 5:14.

[20:24]  ² tn Heb “was over the forced labor.”

[8:16]  ³ tn Heb “was over.”

[14:11]  ⁵ tn The words “in that case” are not in the Hebrew text, but may be inferred from the context. They are supplied in the translation for the sake of clarification.

[14:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “let the king remember.”

[14:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “of your son.”

[18:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “and.” This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.

[18:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “a pillar.”

[19:19]  ⁹ tn Though this verb in the MT is 3rd person masculine singular, it should probably be read as 2nd person masculine singular. It is one of fifteen places where the Masoretes placed a dot over each of the letters of the word in question in order to call attention to their suspicion of the word. Their concern in this case apparently had to do with the fact that this verb and the two preceding verbs alternate from third person to second and back again to third. Words marked in this way in Hebrew manuscripts or printed editions are said to have puncta extrordinaria, or “extraordinary points.”

[19:19]  ¹⁰ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.