2 Samuel 7:21

7:21 For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose ¹  you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. ² 

2 Samuel 12:25

12:25 and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah ³  for the Lord’s sake.

2 Samuel 5:12

5:12 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 9:1

David Finds Mephibosheth

9:1 ⁴ Then David asked, “Is anyone still left from the family ⁵  of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?”

2 Samuel 13:2

13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ⁶  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 6:12

6:12 David was told, ⁷  “The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God.” So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David.

2 Samuel 9:7

9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” ⁸ 

2 Samuel 10:3

10:3 the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, “Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? ⁹  No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 12:21

12:21 His servants said to him, “What is this that you have done? While ¹¹  the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!”

2 Samuel 18:18

18:18 Prior to this ¹²  Absalom had set up a monument ¹³  and dedicated it to himself in the King’s Valley, reasoning “I have no son who will carry on my name.” He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom’s Memorial.

[7:21]  ¹ tn Heb “for the sake of your word and according to your heart.”

[7:21]  ² tn Heb “to make known, your servant.”

[12:25]  ³ sn The name Jedidiah means “loved by the Lord.”

[9:1]  ⁵ sn 2 Samuel 9–20 is known as the Succession Narrative. It is a literary unit that describes David’s efforts at consolidating his own kingdom following the demise of King Saul; it also provides the transition to subsequent leadership on the part of David’s successor Solomon.

[9:1]  ⁶ tn Heb “house.”

[13:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”

[6:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “and it was told to David, saying.”

[9:7]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

[10:3]  ¹³ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[10:3]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “Is it not to explore the city and to spy on it and to overthrow it [that] David has sent his servants to you?”

[12:21]  ¹⁵ tc For the MT בַּעֲבוּר (ba’avur, “for the sake of”) we should probably read בְּעוֹד (bÿ’od, “while”). See the Lucianic Greek recension, the Syriac Peshitta, and the Targum.

[18:18]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and.” This disjunctive clause (conjunction + subject + verb) describes an occurrence that preceded the events just narrated.

[18:18]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “a pillar.”