Discovery Box2 Samuel 20:26
Context20:26 Ira the Jairite was David’s personal priest. 1
2 Samuel 1:11
Context1:11 David then grabbed his own clothes 2 and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.
2 Samuel 2:2
Context2:2 So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 1:4
Context1:4 David inquired, “How were things going? 3 Tell me!” He replied, “The people fled from the battle and many of them 4 fell dead. 5 Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”
2 Samuel 2:6-7
Context2:6 Now may the Lord show you true kindness! 6 I also will reward you, 7 because you have done this deed. 2:7 Now be courageous 8 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 11:24
Context11:24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers 9 died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”
2 Samuel 13:36
Context13:36 Just as he finished speaking, the king’s sons arrived, wailing and weeping. 10 The king and all his servants wept loudly 11 as well.
2 Samuel 19:40
Context19:40 When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham 12 crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers 13 of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. 14
2 Samuel 15:19
Context15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new 15 king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. 16
2 Samuel 17:16
Context17:16 Now send word quickly to David and warn him, 17 “Don’t spend the night at the fords of the desert 18 tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, 19 or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed.” 20
2 Samuel 21:20
Context21:20 Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man 21 who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.
2 Samuel 19:43
Context19:43 The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, “We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want 22 to curse us? Weren’t we the first to suggest bringing back our king?” But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel.
[20:26] 1 tn Heb “priest for David.” KJV (“a chief ruler about David”) and ASV (“chief minister unto David”) regarded this office as political.
[1:11] 2 tc The present translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
[1:4] 3 tn Heb “What was the word?”
[1:4] 4 tn Heb “from the people.”
[1:4] 5 tn Heb “fell and died.”
[2:6] 4 tn Or “loyalty and devotion.”
[2:6] 5 tn Heb “will do with you this good.”
[2:7] 5 tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”
[11:24] 6 tc The translation follows the Qere (“your servants”) rather than the Kethib (“your servant”).
[13:36] 7 tn Heb “and they lifted their voice and wept.”
[13:36] 8 tn Heb “with a great weeping.”
[19:40] 8 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] 10 tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew
[15:19] 9 tn The word “new” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to make it clear that David refers to Absalom, not himself.
[17:16] 10 tn Heb “send quickly and tell David saying.”
[17:16] 11 tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV).
[17:16] 12 tn That is, “cross over the Jordan River.”
[17:16] 13 tn Heb “swallowed up.”
[21:20] 11 tn Heb “a man of stature.”
[19:43] 12 tn The translation understands the verb in a desiderative sense, indicating the desire but not necessarily the completed action of the party in question. It is possible, however, that the verb should be given the more common sense of accomplished action, in which case it means here “Why have you cursed us?”
