2 Samuel 6:16

6:16 As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him. ¹ 

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer ²  saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. ³  The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 11:2

11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. ⁴  From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 13:6

13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 13:28

13:28 Absalom instructed his servants, “Look! When Amnon is drunk ⁶  and I say to you, ‘Strike Amnon down,’ kill him then and there. Don’t fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!” ⁷ 

2 Samuel 14:30

14:30 So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” ⁸  So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s ⁹  portion of the field on fire.

2 Samuel 17:17

17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.

2 Samuel 17:23

17:23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave ¹⁰  of his father.

2 Samuel 18:11

18:11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? ¹¹  I would have given you ten pieces of silver ¹²  and a commemorative belt!” ¹³ 

2 Samuel 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, ¹⁴  and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 18:26-27

18:26 Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper, “There is another man running by himself.” The king said, “This one also is bringing good news.” 18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz ¹⁵  son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

2 Samuel 18:29

18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”

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?”

2 Samuel 24:17

24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.” ¹⁶ 

[6:16]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text adds “in her heart.” Cf. CEV “she was disgusted (+ with him TEV)”; NLT “was filled with contempt for him”; NCV “she hated him.”

[10:19]  ² tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

[10:19]  ³ tn Heb “and they served them.”

[11:2]  ³ tn Heb “on the roof of the house of the king.” So also in vv. 8, 9.

[11:2]  ⁴ tn The disjunctive clause highlights this observation and builds the tension of the story.

[13:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “when good is the heart of Amnon with wine.”

[13:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “and become sons of valor.”

[14:30]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And the servants of Absalom burned them up. And the servants of Joab came to him, rending their garments. They said….”

[14:30]  ⁶ tn The word “Joab’s” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[17:23]  ⁶ tc The Greek recensions of Origen and Lucian have here “house” for “grave.”

[18:11]  ⁷ tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”

[18:11]  ⁸ tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.

[18:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”

[18:24]  ⁸ tn Heb “the two gates.”

[18:27]  ⁹ tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”

[24:17]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”