2 Samuel 1:11

1:11 David then grabbed his own clothes ¹  and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 2:12

2:12 Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 3:15

3:15 So Ish-bosheth took her ²  from her husband Paltiel ³  son of Laish.

2 Samuel 6:1

David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem

6:1 David again assembled ⁴  all the best ⁵  men in Israel, thirty thousand in number.

2 Samuel 7:17

7:17 Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 8:16

David’s Cabinet

8:16 Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of ⁷  the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary;

2 Samuel 11:14

11:14 In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah.

2 Samuel 11:26

11:26 When Uriah’s wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. ⁸ 

2 Samuel 14:3

14:3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say. ⁹ 

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 18:16

18:16 Then Joab blew the trumpet ¹⁰  and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt.

2 Samuel 20:5

20:5 So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him.

2 Samuel 20:9

20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss.

[1:11]  ¹ tc The present translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “his garments,” rather than “his garment,” the reading of the Kethib.

[3:15]  ² tn Heb “sent and took her.”

[3:15]  ³ tn In 1 Sam 25:44 this name appears as “Palti.”

[6:1]  ⁴ tn The translation understands the verb to be a defective spelling of וַיְּאֱסֹף (vayyÿ’esof) due to quiescence of the letter א (alef). The root therefore is אסף (’sf, “to gather”). The Masoretes, however, pointed the verb as וַיֹּסֶף (vayyosef), understanding it to be a form of יָסַף (yasaf, “to add”). This does not fit the context, which calls for a verb of gathering.

[6:1]  ⁵ tn Or “chosen.”

[7:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to all these words and according to all this revelation, so Nathan said to David.”

[8:16]  ⁷ tn Heb “was over.”

[11:26]  ⁸ tn Heb “for her lord.”

[14:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).

[18:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the shophar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).