2 Samuel 5:2

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ¹  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

2 Samuel 15:19

15:19 Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new ²  king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. ³ 

[5:2]  ¹ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

[15:19]  ² tn The word “new” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation to make it clear that David refers to Absalom, not himself.

[15:19]  ³ tn Heb “place.”