2 Samuel 3:4
Context3:4 His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail.
2 Samuel 3:1
Context3:1 However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker.
2 Samuel 1:5
Context1:5 David said to the young man 1 who was telling him this, “How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?” 2
2 Samuel 2:24-25
Context2:24 So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. 2:25 The Benjaminites formed their ranks 3 behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill.
[1:5] 1 tn In v. 2 he is called simply a “man.” The word used here in v. 5 (so also in vv. 6, 13, 15), though usually referring to a young man or servant, may in this context designate a “fighting” man, i.e., a soldier.
[1:5] 2 tc Instead of the MT “who was recounting this to him, ‘How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?’” the Syriac Peshitta reads “declare to me how Saul and his son Jonathan died.”