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.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 10:2

10:2 David said, “I will express my loyalty ²  to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal ³  to me.” So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father’s death. ⁴  When David’s servants entered the land of the Ammonites,

2 Samuel 16:21

16:21 Ahithophel replied to Absalom, “Have sex with ⁵  your father’s concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you.” ⁶ 

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. ⁷  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

[10:2]  ² tn Heb “do loyalty.”

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “did loyalty.”

[10:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and David sent to console him by the hand of his servants concerning his father.”

[16:21]  ³ tn Heb “go to”; NAB “have (+ sexual NCV) relations with”; TEV “have intercourse with”; NLT “Go and sleep with.”

[16:21]  ⁴ tn Heb “and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”

[17:8]  ⁴ tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”