2 Samuel 2:6

2:6 Now may the Lord show you true kindness! ¹  I also will reward you, ²  because you have done this deed.

2 Samuel 6:6

6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, ³  Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of ⁴  the ark of God, ⁵  because the oxen stumbled.

2 Samuel 12:15

12:15 Then Nathan went to his home. The Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 21:15

Israel Engages in Various Battles with the Philistines

21:15 Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers ⁷  and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted.

[2:6]  ¹ tn Or “loyalty and devotion.”

[2:6]  ² tn Heb “will do with you this good.”

[6:6]  ³ tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”

[6:6]  ⁴ tn Or “steadied.”

[6:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”

[12:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the Lord struck the child…and he was ill.” It is necessary to repeat “the child” in the translation to make clear who became ill, since “the Lord struck the child that Uriah’s wife had borne to David, and he became very ill” could be understood to mean that David himself became ill.

[21:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “his servants.”