2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ¹  king over Israel, they all ²  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 6:2

6:2 David and all the men who were with him traveled ³  to ⁴  Baalah ⁵  in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name ⁶  of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

2 Samuel 6:12

6:12 David was told, ⁷  “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

2 Samuel 6:17

6:17 They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place ⁸  in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord.

2 Samuel 11:20

11:20 if the king becomes angry and asks you, ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

2 Samuel 15:24

15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving ⁹  the city.

2 Samuel 17:21

17:21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan ¹⁰  climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream ¹¹  quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” ¹² 

2 Samuel 18:33

18:33 (19:1) ¹³  The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, “My son, Absalom! My son, my son, ¹⁴  Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!” ¹⁵ 

2 Samuel 23:9

23:9 Next in command ¹⁶  was Eleazar son of Dodo, ¹⁷  the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, ¹⁸ 

2 Samuel 24:24

24:24 But the king said to Araunah, “No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing.”

So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. ¹⁹ 

[5:17]  ¹ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:17]  ² tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

[6:2]  ³ tn Heb “arose and went.”

[6:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “from,” but the following context indicates they traveled to this location.

[6:2]  ⁵ tn This is another name for Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Chr 13:6).

[6:2]  ⁶ 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.

[6:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”

[6:17]  ⁷ tc The Syriac Peshitta lacks “in its place.”

[15:24]  ⁹ tn Heb “crossing from.”

[17:21]  ¹¹ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Ahimaaz and Jonathan) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:21]  ¹² tn Heb “the water.”

[17:21]  ¹³ tn Heb “for thus Ahithophel has devised against you.” The expression “thus” is narrative shorthand, referring to the plan outlined by Ahithophel (see vv. 1-3). The men would surely have outlined the plan in as much detail as they had been given by the messenger.

[18:33]  ¹³ sn This marks the beginning of ch. 19 in the Hebrew text. Beginning with 18:33, the verse numbers through 19:43 in the English Bible differ from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 18:33 ET = 19:1 HT, 19:1 ET = 19:2 HT, 19:2 ET = 19:3 HT, etc., through 19:43 ET = 19:44 HT. From 20:1 the versification in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible is again the same.

[18:33]  ¹⁴ tc One medieval Hebrew ms, some mss of the LXX, and the Vulgate lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

[18:33]  ¹⁵ tc The Lucianic Greek recension and Syriac Peshitta lack this repeated occurrence of “my son” due to haplography.

[23:9]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “after him.”

[23:9]  ¹⁶ tc This follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading דֹּדוֹ (dodo) rather than the Kethib of the MT דֹּדַי (dodai; cf. ASV, NIV, NLT). But see 1 Chr 27:4.

[23:9]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “went up.”

[24:24]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “fifty shekels of silver.” This would have been about 20 ounces (568 grams) of silver by weight.