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 7:9

7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated ⁵  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 7:22

7:22 Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! ⁷ 

2 Samuel 8:6

8:6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected ⁸  David wherever he campaigned. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 14:25

14:25 Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. ¹⁰  From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, “When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume ¹²  that Absalom rules in Hebron.”

2 Samuel 20:14

20:14 Sheba ¹³  traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of ¹⁴  Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, ¹⁵  they too joined him.

2 Samuel 21:5

21:5 They replied to the king, “As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel –

[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.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “cut off.”

[7:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

[7:22]  ⁹ tn Heb “in all which we heard with our ears.” The phrase translated “in all” בְּכֹל (bÿkhol) should probably be emended to “according to all” כְּכֹל (kÿkhol).

[8:6]  ¹³ tn Or “delivered.”

[8:6]  ¹⁴ tn Or “wherever he went.”

[14:25]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “Like Absalom there was not a handsome man in all Israel to boast exceedingly.”

[14:25]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “there was not in him a blemish.”

[15:10]  ²¹ tn Heb “say.”

[20:14]  ²⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Sheba) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:14]  ²⁶ tc In keeping with the form of the name in v. 15, the translation deletes the “and” found in the MT.

[20:14]  ²⁷ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and the ancient versions in reading וַיִּקָּהֲלוּ (vayyiqqahalu, “and they were gathered together”) rather than the Kethib of the MT וַיִּקְלֻהוּ (vayyiqluhu, “and they cursed him”). The Kethib is the result of metathesis.