2 Samuel 1:23

1:23 Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved ¹  during their lives,

and not even in their deaths were they separated.

They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 10:11

10:11 Joab ²  said, “If the Arameans start to overpower me, ³  you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, ⁴  I will come to your rescue.

2 Samuel 13:16

13:16 But she said to him, “No I won’t, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!” ⁵  But he refused to listen to her.

2 Samuel 18:8

18:8 The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day.

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ⁶  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

[1:23]  ¹ tn Heb “beloved and dear.”

[10:11]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:11]  ³ tn Heb “if Aram is stronger than me.”

[10:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “if the sons of Ammon are stronger than you.”

[13:16]  ⁵ tn Heb “No, because this great evil is [worse] than the other which you did with me, by sending me away.” Perhaps the broken syntax reflects her hysteria and outrage.

[23:23]  ⁶ tn Or “more than.”