2 Samuel 3:12

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers ¹  to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement ²  with me, and I will do whatever I can ³  to cause all Israel to turn to you.”

2 Samuel 4:7

4:7 They had entered ⁴  the house while Ish-bosheth ⁵  was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him ⁶  and then cut off his head. ⁷  Taking his head, ⁸  they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night.

2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ⁹  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ¹⁰  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ¹¹  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ¹²  king over Israel, they all ¹³  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer ¹⁴  saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. ¹⁵  The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 17:11

17:11 My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba – in number like the sand by the sea! – be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle.

2 Samuel 17:13

17:13 If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ¹⁶  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ¹⁷  to Jerusalem. ¹⁸ 

[3:12]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”

[3:12]  ² tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.

[3:12]  ³ tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”

[4:7]  ⁴ tn After the concluding disjunctive clause at the end of v. 6, the author now begins a more detailed account of the murder and its aftermath.

[4:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[4:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “they struck him down and killed him.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[4:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they removed his head.” The Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate lack these words.

[4:7]  ⁸ tc The Lucianic Greek recension lacks the words “his head.”

[5:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “elders.”

[5:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

[5:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

[10:19]  ¹³ tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

[10:19]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and they served them.”

[20:2]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “went up from after.”

[20:2]  ¹⁷ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ¹⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.