2 Samuel 11:11

11:11 Uriah replied to David, “The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord’s soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations ¹  with my wife? As surely as you are alive, ²  I will not do this thing!”

2 Samuel 14:20

14:20 Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land.” ³ 

2 Samuel 19:27

19:27 But my servant ⁴  has slandered me ⁵  to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you.

2 Samuel 24:3

24:3 Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

[11:11]  ¹ tn Heb “and lay.”

[11:11]  ² tn Heb “as you live and as your soul lives.”

[14:20]  ³ tn Heb “to know all that is in the land.”

[19:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “and he”; the referent (the servant) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[19:27]  ⁵ tn Heb “your servant.”