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 13:4

13:4 He asked Amnon, ²  “Why are you, the king’s son, ³  so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ⁴  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ⁵  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

[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.”

[13:4]  ² tn Heb “and he said to him.”

[13:4]  ³ tn An more idiomatic translation might be “Why are you of all people…?”

[23:21]  ³ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

[23:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he went down to.”