2 Samuel 7:20

7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, ¹  O Lord God!

2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth ²  bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?” ³ 

2 Samuel 14:5

14:5 The king replied to her, “What do you want?” ⁴  She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 16:20

16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for ⁵  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ⁶ 

2 Samuel 19:12

19:12 You are my brothers – my very own flesh and blood! ⁷  Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?’

[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.”

[9:8]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[9:8]  ³ tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”

[14:5]  ³ tn Heb “What to you?”

[17:5]  ⁴ tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

[17:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”

[19:12]  ⁵ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”