2 Samuel 2:26

2:26 Then Abner called out to Joab, “Must the sword devour forever? Don’t you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?”

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ¹  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ²  any more. Violent men ³  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 13:5-6

13:5 Jonadab replied to him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. ⁴  When your father comes in to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.’”

13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁵  “Come on! ⁶  Let’s escape! ⁷  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁸  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁹ 

[7:10]  ¹ tn Heb “plant.”

[7:10]  ² tn Heb “shaken.”

[7:10]  ³ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

[13:5]  ⁴ tn This verb is used in the Hitpael stem only in this chapter of the Hebrew Bible. With the exception of v. 2 it describes not a real sickness but one pretended in order to entrap Tamar. The Hitpael sometimes, as here, describes the subject making oneself appear to be of a certain character. On this use of the stem, see GKC 149-50 §54.e.

[15:14]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”