2 Samuel 5:22

5:22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 6:1

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6:1 David again assembled ¹  all the best ²  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

2 Samuel 7:20

7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, ³  O Lord God!

2 Samuel 14:10

14:10 The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. ⁴  How then could I show ⁵  my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 2:28

2:28 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. ⁶  They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ⁸  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ⁹ 

2 Samuel 3:34

3:34 Your hands ¹⁰  were not bound,

and your feet were not put into irons.

You fell the way one falls before criminals.”

All the people ¹¹  wept over him again.

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ¹²  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ¹³  any more. Violent men ¹⁴  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 24:1

David Displeases the Lord by Taking a Census

24:1 The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.” ¹⁵ 

2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely ¹⁶  if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 12:8

12:8 I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. ¹⁷  I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well!

2 Samuel 18:22

18:22 Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab, “Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite.” But Joab said, “Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward.”

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ¹⁸  God will punish me severely, ¹⁹  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:3

24:3 Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

[6:1]  ¹ tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

[6:1]  ² tn Or “chosen.”

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and you know your servant.” The verb here refers to recognizing another in a special way and giving them special treatment (see 1 Chr 17:18). Some English versions take this to refer to the Lord’s knowledge of David himself: CEV “you know my thoughts”; NLT “know what I am really like.”

[2:22]  ¹ tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

[2:22]  ² tn Heb “lift.”

[2:28]  ¹ tn Heb “stood.”

[2:28]  ² tn Heb “they no longer chased after Israel and they no longer fought.”

[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.”

[3:34]  ¹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and several ancient versions in reading “your hands,” rather than “your hand.”

[3:34]  ² tc 4QSam^a lacks the words “all the people.”

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “plant.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “shaken.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

[24:1]  ¹ sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1.

[3:35]  ¹ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

[12:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and the wives of your lord into your chest [or “lap”].” The words “I put” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

[19:13]  ¹ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ² tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”