2 Samuel 5:10

5:10 David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God ¹  who commands armies ²  was with him. ³ 

2 Samuel 6:18

6:18 When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.

2 Samuel 7:26

7:26 so you may gain lasting fame, ⁴  as people say, ⁵  ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!’ The dynasty ⁶  of your servant David will be established before you,

2 Samuel 6:2

6:2 David and all the men who were with him traveled ⁷  to ⁸  Baalah ⁹  in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name ¹⁰  of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

2 Samuel 7:8

7:8 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ¹¹  to make you leader of my people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:27

7:27 for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told ¹²  your servant, ‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ ¹³  That is why your servant has had the courage ¹⁴  to pray this prayer to you.

[5:10]  ¹ tc 4QSam^a and the LXX lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the Lord of hosts.”

[5:10]  ² tn Traditionally, “the Lord God of hosts” (KJV, NASB); NIV, NLT “the Lord God Almighty”; CEV “the Lord (+ God NCV) All-Powerful.”

[5:10]  ³ tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.

[7:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result.

[7:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[7:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “the house.” See the note on “dynastic house” in the following verse.

[6:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “arose and went.”

[6:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “from,” but the following context indicates they traveled to this location.

[6:2]  ⁹ tn This is another name for Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Chr 13:6).

[6:2]  ¹⁰ tc The MT has here a double reference to the name (שֵׁם שֵׁם, shem shem). Many medieval Hebrew mss in the first occurrence point the word differently and read the adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”). This is also the understanding of the Syriac Peshitta (Syr., taman). While this yields an acceptable understanding to the text, it is more likely that the MT dittographic here. The present translation therefore reads שֵׁם only once.

[7:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “and from after the sheep.”

[7:27]  ¹³ tn Heb “have uncovered the ear of.”

[7:27]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “a house.” This maintains the wordplay from v. 11 (see the note on the word “house” there) and is continued in v. 29.

[7:27]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “has found his heart.”