2 Samuel 6:5

6:5 while David and all Israel ¹  were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing ²  and playing various stringed instruments, ³  tambourines, rattles, ⁴  and cymbals.

2 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Yes! ⁵  The king may ⁶  listen and deliver his female servant ⁷  from the hand of the man who seeks to remove ⁸  both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’ ⁹ 

2 Samuel 18:19

David Learns of Absalom’s Death

18:19 Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, “Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies.” ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 22:1

David Sings to the Lord

22:1 ¹¹ David sang ¹²  to the Lord the words of this song when ¹³  the Lord rescued him from the power ¹⁴  of all his enemies, including Saul. ¹⁵ 

[6:5]  ¹ tn Heb “all the house of Israel.”

[6:5]  ² tc Heb “were celebrating before the Lord with all woods of fir” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). If the text is retained, the last expression must be elliptical, referring to musical instruments made from fir wood. But it is preferable to emend the text in light of 1 Chr 13:8, which reads “were celebrating before the Lord with all strength and with songs.”

[6:5]  ³ tn Heb “with zithers [?] and with harps.”

[6:5]  ⁴ tn That is, “sistrums” (so NAB, NIV); ASV, NASB, NRSV, CEV, NLT “castanets.”

[14:16]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[14:16]  ⁶ tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.

[14:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”

[14:16]  ⁸ tn Heb “destroy.”

[14:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.

[18:19]  ⁹ tn Heb “that the Lord has vindicated him from the hand of his enemies.”

[22:1]  ¹³ sn In this long song of thanks, David affirms that God is his faithful protector. He recalls in highly poetic fashion how God intervened in awesome power and delivered him from death. His experience demonstrates that God vindicates those who are blameless and remain loyal to him. True to his promises, God gives the king victory on the battlefield and enables him to subdue nations. A parallel version of the song appears in Ps 18.

[22:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “spoke.”

[22:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “in the day,” or “at the time.”

[22:1]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “hand.”

[22:1]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and from the hand of Saul.”