2 Samuel 2:23

2:23 But Asahel ¹  refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his ²  spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel ³  collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. ⁴  Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 8:2

8:2 He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. ⁶  The Moabites became David’s subjects and brought tribute. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 18:3

18:3 But the soldiers replied, ⁸  “You should not do this! ⁹  For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won’t be too concerned about us. ¹⁰  Even if half of us should die, they won’t be too concerned about us. But you ¹¹  are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support.”

2 Samuel 19:22

19:22 But David said, “What do we have in common, ¹²  you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?”

2 Samuel 21:2

21:2 So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to ¹³  them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.)

[2:23]  ¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ² tn Heb “the.” The article functions here as a possessive pronoun.

[2:23]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Asahel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Abner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[2:23]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they stand.”

[8:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “and he measured [with] two [lengths] of rope to put to death and [with] the fullness of the rope to keep alive.”

[8:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “and the Moabites were servants of David, carriers of tribute.”

[18:3]  ⁸ tn Heb “the people said.”

[18:3]  ⁹ tn Heb “march out.”

[18:3]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they will not place to us heart.”

[18:3]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows the LXX (except for the Lucianic recension), Symmachus, and Vulgate in reading אָתָּה (’atta, “you”) rather than MT עָתָּה (’atta, “now”).

[19:22]  ¹² tn Heb “what to me and to you.”

[21:2]  ¹³ tn Heb “swore an oath to.”