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? ¹  No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!” ² 

2 Samuel 12:3

12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. ³  It used to ⁴  eat his food, ⁵  drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. ⁶  It was just like a daughter to him.

2 Samuel 19:28

19:28 After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather ⁷  who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! ⁸  What further claim do I have to ask ⁹  the king for anything?”

2 Samuel 21:4

21:4 The Gibeonites said to him, “We ¹⁰  have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, ¹¹  nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel.” David asked, ¹²  “What then are you asking me to do for you?”

[10:3]  ¹ tn Heb “Is David honoring your father in your eyes when he sends to you ones consoling?”

[10:3]  ² 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?”

[12:3]  ³ tn Heb “his sons.”

[12:3]  ⁴ tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.

[12:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “from his morsel.”

[12:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”

[19:28]  ⁷ tn Heb “father.”

[19:28]  ⁸ tn Heb “and you placed your servant among those who eat at your table.”

[19:28]  ⁹ tn Heb “to cry out to.”

[21:4]  ¹⁰ tc The translation follows the Qere and several medieval Hebrew mss in reading לָנוּ (lanu, “to us”) rather than the MT לִי (li, “to me”). But for a contrary opinion see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 53, 350.

[21:4]  ¹¹ tn Heb “house.”

[21:4]  ¹² tn Heb “and he said”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.