2 Samuel 3:25

3:25 You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return ¹  and to discover everything that you are doing!”

2 Samuel 4:9

4:9 David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity,

2 Samuel 6:12

6:12 David was told, ²  “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

2 Samuel 10:18

10:18 The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 700 Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. ³  He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there.

2 Samuel 12:8-9

12:8 I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. ⁴  I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well! 12:9 Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my ⁵  sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! ⁶  You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ⁷  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ⁸  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ¹⁰  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

2 Samuel 17:15

17:15 Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders ¹¹  of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised.

2 Samuel 17:25

17:25 Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married ¹²  Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)

2 Samuel 18:29

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 19:5

19:5 So Joab visited ¹³  the king at his home. He said, “Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines.

2 Samuel 19:24

19:24 Now Mephibosheth, Saul’s grandson, ¹⁴  came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely ¹⁵  returned, Mephibosheth ¹⁶  had not cared for his feet ¹⁷  nor trimmed ¹⁸  his mustache nor washed his clothes.

2 Samuel 19:41

19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”

2 Samuel 21:10

21:10 Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, ¹⁹  she did not allow the birds of the air to feed ²⁰  on them by day, nor the wild animals ²¹  by night.

2 Samuel 24:24

24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. ²² 

[3:25]  ¹ tn Heb “your going out and your coming in.” The expression is a merism. It specifically mentions the polar extremities of the actions but includes all activity in between the extremities as well, thus encompassing the entirety of one’s activities.

[6:12]  ² tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”

[10:18]  ³ tn Heb “horsemen” (so KJV, NASB, NCV, NRSV, NLT) but the Lucianic recension of the LXX reads “foot soldiers,” as does the parallel text in 1 Chr 19:18. Cf. NAB, NIV.

[12:8]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the wives of your lord into your chest [or “lap”].” The words “I put” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[12:9]  ⁵ tc So the Qere; the Kethib has “his.”

[12:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “to you for a wife.” This expression also occurs at the end of v. 10.

[12:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ⁷ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[17:8]  ⁷ tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”

[17:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “elders.”

[17:25]  ⁹ tn Heb “come to.”

[19:5]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “came to.”

[19:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “son.”

[19:24]  ¹² tn Heb “in peace.” So also in v. 31.

[19:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:24]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “done his feet.”

[19:24]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “done.”

[21:10]  ¹² tn Heb “until water was poured on them from the sky.”

[21:10]  ¹³ tn Heb “rest.”

[21:10]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “the beasts of the field.”

[24:24]  ¹³ tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.