2 Samuel 8:8

8:8 From Tebah ¹  and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

2 Samuel 10:12

10:12 Be strong! Let’s fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!” ² 

2 Samuel 24:7

24:7 Then they went to the fortress of Tyre ³  and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

2 Samuel 2:1

David is Anointed King

2:1 Afterward David inquired of the Lord, “Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?” The Lord told him, “Go up.” David asked, “Where should I go?” The Lord replied, ⁴  “To Hebron.”

2 Samuel 12:31

12:31 He removed ⁵  the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy ⁶  with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. ⁷ 

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8.

[10:12]  ² tn Heb “and the Lord will do what is good in his eyes.”

[24:7]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[2:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “he said.” The referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[12:31]  ⁵ tn Heb “brought out.”

[12:31]  ⁶ tn Heb “and so he would do.”

[12:31]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.