2 Samuel 5:4
Konteks5:4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years.
2 Samuel 5:10
Konteks5:10 David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God 1 who commands armies 2 was with him. 3
2 Samuel 5:21
Konteks5:21 The Philistines 4 abandoned their idols 5 there, and David and his men picked them up.
2 Samuel 11:5
Konteks11:5 The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, “I’m pregnant.”
2 Samuel 11:18
Konteks11:18 Then Joab sent a full battle report to David. 6
2 Samuel 15:37
Konteks15:37 So David’s friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.
2 Samuel 23:14
Konteks23:14 David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. 7
2 Samuel 24:19
Konteks24:19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord’s instructions.
[5:10] 1 tc 4QSama and the LXX lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the
[5:10] 2 tn Traditionally, “the
[5:10] 3 tn The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.
[5:21] 4 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the Philistines) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[5:21] 5 tc For “idols” the LXX and Vulgate have “gods.”
[11:18] 6 tn Heb “Joab sent and related to David all the matters of the battle.”
[23:14] 7 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.