2 Samuel 2:5

2:5 So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, “May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness ¹  to your lord Saul by burying him.

2 Samuel 10:5

10:5 Messengers ²  told David what had happened, ³  so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, “Stay in Jericho ⁴  until your beards have grown again; then you may come back.”

[2:5]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty.”

[10:5]  ² tn Heb “they”; the referent (the messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[10:5]  ³ tn The words “what had happened” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[10:5]  ⁴ map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.