2 Samuel 3:21-22

3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement ¹  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

Abner Is Killed

3:22 Now David’s soldiers ²  and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David ³  had sent him away and he had left in peace.

2 Samuel 18:28-29

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ⁴  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ⁵  the men who opposed ⁶  my lord the king!”

18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”

2 Samuel 18:32

18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ⁷  be like that young man!”

2 Samuel 19:24

19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, ⁸  came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely ⁹  returned, Mephibosheth ¹⁰  had not cared for his feet ¹¹  nor trimmed ¹²  his mustache nor washed his clothes.

[3:21]  ¹ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[3:22]  ² tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”

[3:22]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “Peace.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “delivered over.”

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”

[18:32]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”

[19:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “son.”

[19:24]  ⁶ tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.

[19:24]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “done his feet.”

[19:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “done.”