2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ¹  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ² 

2 Samuel 5:4

5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.

2 Samuel 7:16

7:16 Your house and your kingdom will stand before me ³  permanently; your dynasty ⁴  will be permanent.’”

2 Samuel 7:24

7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ⁵  You, O Lord, became their God.

2 Samuel 8:13

8:13 David became famous ⁶  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ⁷  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ⁸  18,000 in all.

2 Samuel 9:13

9:13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, ⁹  for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.

2 Samuel 15:9

15:9 The king replied to him, “Go in peace.” So Absalom ¹⁰  got up and went to Hebron.

2 Samuel 15:13

David Flees from Jerusalem

15:13 Then a messenger came to David and reported, “The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!” ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 19:21

19:21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, “For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord’s anointed!”

2 Samuel 19:29

19:29 Then the king replied to him, “Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together.”

2 Samuel 19:36

19:36 I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. ¹²  Why should the king reward me in this way?

2 Samuel 20:4-5

20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, ¹³  and you be present here with them too.” 20:5 So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

2 Samuel 22:38

22:38 I chase my enemies and destroy them;

I do not turn back until I wipe them out.

2 Samuel 22:41

22:41 You make my enemies retreat; ¹⁴ 

I destroy those who hate me.

2 Samuel 22:51

22:51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ¹⁵ 

he is faithful to his chosen ruler, ¹⁶ 

to David and to his descendants forever!”

[3:9]  ¹ tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

[3:9]  ² tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

[7:16]  ³ tc Heb “before you.” A few medieval Hebrew mss read instead “before me,” which makes better sense contextually. (See also the LXX and the Syriac Peshitta.) The MT reading is probably the result of dittography (note the כ [kaf] at the beginning of the next form), with the extra כ then being interpreted as a pronominal suffix.

[7:16]  ⁴ tn Heb “throne.”

[7:24]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

[8:13]  ⁷ tn Heb “made a name.”

[8:13]  ⁸ tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

[8:13]  ⁹ tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[9:13]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[15:13]  ¹³ tn Heb “the heart of the men of Israel is with Absalom.”

[19:36]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “Like a little your servant will cross the Jordan with the king.”

[20:4]  ¹⁷ tn The present translation follows the Masoretic accentuation, with the major mark of disjunction (i.e., the atnach) placed at the word “days.” However, some scholars have suggested moving the atnach to “Judah” a couple of words earlier. This would yield the following sense: “Three days, and you be present here with them.” The difference in meaning is slight, and the MT is acceptable as it stands.

[22:41]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “and [as for] my enemies, you give to me [the] back [or “neck” ].” The idiom “give [the] back” means “to cause [one] to turn the back and run away.” See Exod 23:27 and HALOT 888 s.v. II ערף.

[22:51]  ²¹ tc The translation follows the Kethib and the ancient versions in reading מַגְדִּיל (magdil, “he magnifies”) rather than the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss of the MT which read מִגְדּוֹל (migdol, “tower”). See Ps 18:50.

[22:51]  ²² tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty to his anointed one.”