2 Samuel 5:1

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! ¹ 

2 Samuel 7:14

7:14 I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings.

2 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, “When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume ²  that Absalom rules in Hebron.”

2 Samuel 18:14

18:14 Joab replied, “I will not wait around like this for you!” He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree. ³ 

2 Samuel 20:14

20:14 Sheba ⁴  traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of ⁵  Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, ⁶  they too joined him.

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say ⁷  to any of the leaders ⁸  whom I appointed to care for ⁹  my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 19:9

19:9 All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ¹⁰  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ¹¹  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

2 Samuel 24:2

24:2 The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”

2 Samuel 15:2

15:2 Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, “What city are you from?” The person would answer, “I, your servant, ¹²  am from one of the tribes of Israel.”

[5:1]  ¹ tn Heb “look we are your bone and your flesh.”

[15:10]  ² tn Heb “say.”

[18:14]  ³ tn There is a play on the word “heart” here that is difficult to reproduce in English. Literally the Hebrew text says “he took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the heart of the oak tree.” This figure of speech involves the use of the same word in different senses and is known as antanaclasis. It is illustrated in the familiar saying from the time of the American Revolution: “If we don’t hang together, we will all hang separately.” The present translation understands “heart” to be used somewhat figuratively for “chest” (cf. TEV, CEV), which explains why Joab’s armor bearers could still “kill” Absalom after he had been stabbed with three spears through the “heart.” Since trees do not have “chests” either, the translation uses “middle.”

[20:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sheba) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:14]  ⁵ tc In keeping with the form of the name in v. 15, the translation deletes the “and” found in the MT.

[20:14]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ (vayyiqqahalu, “and they were gathered together”) rather than the Kethib of the MT וַיִּקְלֻהוּ (vayyiqluhu, “and they cursed him”). The Kethib is the result of metathesis.

[7:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

[7:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

[7:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

[23:21]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

[23:21]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he went down to.”

[15:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “your servant.” So also in vv. 8, 15, 21.