2 Samuel 9:4

9:4 The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

2 Samuel 7:13

7:13 He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. ¹ 

2 Samuel 17:5

17:5 But Absalom said, “Call for ²  Hushai the Arkite, and let’s hear what he has to say.” ³ 

2 Samuel 17:24

17:24 Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River.

2 Samuel 22:31

22:31 The one true God acts in a faithful manner; ⁴ 

the Lord’s promise is reliable; ⁵ 

he is a shield to all who take shelter in him.

2 Samuel 7:28

7:28 Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! ⁶  May your words prove to be true! ⁷  You have made this good promise to your servant! ⁸ 

2 Samuel 9:13

9:13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, ⁹  for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.

2 Samuel 19:32

19:32 But Barzillai was very old – eighty years old, in fact – and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich ¹⁰  man.

2 Samuel 13:20

13:20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” ¹¹  Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

2 Samuel 17:9

17:9 At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, ¹²  whoever hears about it will say, ‘Absalom’s army has been slaughtered!’

2 Samuel 21:20

21:20 Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man ¹³  who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha.

2 Samuel 23:8

David’s Warriors

23:8 These are the names of David’s warriors:

Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. ¹⁴  He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. ¹⁵ 

2 Samuel 23:10

23:10 he stood his ground ¹⁶  and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it ¹⁷  seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

2 Samuel 23:18

23:18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. ¹⁸  He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three. ¹⁹ 

2 Samuel 23:20

23:20 Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior ²⁰  from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. ²¹  He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day.

2 Samuel 14:19

14:19 The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” ²²  The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

[7:13]  ¹ tn Heb “and I will establish the throne of his kingdom permanently.”

[17:5]  ¹ tc In the MT the verb is singular, but in the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate it is plural.

[17:5]  ² tn Heb “what is in his mouth.”

[22:31]  ¹ tn Heb “[As for] the God, his way is blameless.” The term הָאֵל (ha’el, “the God”) stands as a nominative (or genitive) absolute in apposition to the resumptive pronominal suffix on “way.” The prefixed article emphasizes his distinctiveness as the one true God (see BDB 42 s.v. II אֵל 6; Deut 33:26). God’s “way” in this context refers to his protective and salvific acts in fulfillment of his promise (see also Deut 32:4; Pss 67:2; 77:13 [note vv. 11-12, 14]; 103:7; 138:5; 145:17).

[22:31]  ² tn Heb “the word of the Lord is purified.” The Lord’s “word” probably refers here to his oracle(s) of victory delivered to the psalmist before the battle(s) described in the following context. See also Pss 12:5-7 and 138:2-3. David frequently received such oracles before going into battle (see 1 Sam 23:2, 4-5, 10-12; 30:8; 2 Sam 5:19). The Lord’s word of promise is absolutely reliable; it is compared to metal that has been refined in fire and cleansed of impurities. See Ps 12:6. In the ancient Near East kings would typically seek and receive oracles from their god(s) prior to battle. For examples, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 241-42.

[7:28]  ¹ tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.

[7:28]  ² tn The translation understands the prefixed verb form as a jussive, indicating David’s wish/prayer. Another option is to take the form as an imperfect and translate “your words are true.”

[7:28]  ³ tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

[9:13]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[19:32]  ¹ tn Heb “great.”

[13:20]  ¹ tn Heb “Don’t set your heart to this thing!”

[17:9]  ¹ tn Heb “that he falls on them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] at the first [encounter]; or “that some of them [i.e., Absalom’s troops] fall at the first [encounter].”

[21:20]  ¹ tn Heb “a man of stature.”

[23:8]  ¹ tn The Hebrew word is sometimes rendered as “the three,” but BDB is probably correct in taking it to refer to military officers (BDB 1026 s.v. שְׁלִישִׁי). In that case the etymological connection of this word to the Hebrew numerical adjective for “three” can be explained as originating with a designation for the third warrior in a chariot.

[23:8]  ² tc The translation follows some LXX mss (see 1 Chr 11:11 as well) in reading הוּא עוֹרֵר אֶת־חֲנִיתוֹ (hu’ ’orer ’et khanito, “he raised up his spear”) rather than the MT’s הוּא עֲדִינוֹ הָעֶצְנִי (hu’ ’adino ha’etsni [Kethib = הָעֶצְנוֹ, ha’etsno]; “Adino the Ezenite”). The emended text reads literally “he was wielding his spear against eight hundred, [who were] slain at one time.”

[23:10]  ¹ tn Heb “arose.”

[23:10]  ² tn Heb “his hand.”

[23:18]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and Vulgate in reading הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה (hashÿlosa, “the three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT הַשָּׁלִשִׁי (hashalisi, “the third,” or “adjutant”). Two medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta have “thirty.”

[23:18]  ² tn Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”

[23:20]  ¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading חַיִל (khayil, “valor”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, חַי (khay, “life”).

[23:20]  ² tc Heb “the two of Ariel, Moab.” The precise meaning of אריאל is uncertain; some read “warrior.” The present translation assumes that the word is a proper name and that בני, “sons of,” has accidentally dropped from the text by homoioarcton (note the preceding שׁני).

[14:19]  ¹ tn Heb “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”