2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely ¹  if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ²  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ³  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁴  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 14:25

14:25 Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. ⁵  From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 16:23

16:23 In those days Ahithophel’s advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. ⁷  Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁹  God will punish me severely, ¹⁰  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:4

24:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite the objections of ¹¹  Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king’s presence in order to muster the Israelite army.

[3:35]  ¹ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[5:3]  ² tn Heb “elders.”

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

[5:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “anointed.”

[14:25]  ³ tn Heb “Like Absalom there was not a handsome man in all Israel to boast exceedingly.”

[14:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “there was not in him a blemish.”

[16:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “And the advice of Ahithophel which he advised in those days was as when one inquires of the word of God.”

[16:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “So was all the advice of Ahithophel, also to David, also to Absalom.”

[19:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[24:4]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than.”