2 Samuel 6:6-7
Konteks6:6 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, 1 Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of 2 the ark of God, 3 because the oxen stumbled. 6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, 4 he 5 killed him on the spot 6 for his negligence. 7 He died right there beside the ark of God.
2 Samuel 12:1-14
Konteks12:1 So the Lord sent Nathan 8 to David. When he came to David, 9 Nathan 10 said, 11 “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. 12:2 The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. 12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. 12 It used to 13 eat his food, 14 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 15 It was just like a daughter to him.
12:4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, 16 he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed 17 the traveler who had come to visit him. 18 Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked 19 it for the man who had come to visit him.”
12:5 Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, “As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! 20 12:6 Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!” 21
12:7 Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose 22 you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. 12:8 I gave you your master’s house, and put your master’s wives into your arms. 23 I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well! 12:9 Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my 24 sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! 25 You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. 12:10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’ 12:11 This is what the Lord says: ‘I am about to bring disaster on you 26 from inside your own household! 27 Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. 28 He will have sexual relations with 29 your wives in broad daylight! 30 12:12 Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.’” 31
12:13 Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven 32 your sin. You are not going to die. 12:14 Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt 33 in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die.”
2 Samuel 24:1
Konteks24:1 The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.” 34
[6:6] 1 tn 1 Chr 13:9 has “Kidon.”
[6:6] 3 tn Heb “and Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and grabbed it.”
[6:7] 4 tn Heb “and the anger of the
[6:7] 6 tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.
[6:7] 7 tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.
[12:1] 8 tc A few medieval Hebrew
[12:1] 9 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:1] 10 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Nathan) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[12:1] 11 tn The Hebrew text repeats “to him.”
[12:3] 13 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
[12:3] 14 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
[12:3] 15 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
[12:4] 16 tn Heb “came to the rich man.” In the translation “arrived at the rich man’s home” has been used for stylistic reasons.
[12:4] 17 tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”
[12:4] 18 tn Heb “who had come to him” (also a second time later in this verse). The word “visit” has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.
[12:4] 19 tn Heb “and prepared.”
[12:5] 20 tn Heb “the man doing this [is] a son of death.” See 1 Sam 20:31 for another use of this expression, which must mean “he is as good as dead” or “he deserves to die,” as 1 Sam 20:32 makes clear.
[12:6] 21 tc With the exception of the Lucianic recension, the Old Greek translation has here “sevenfold” rather than “fourfold,” a reading that S. R. Driver thought probably to be the original reading (S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 291). However, Exod 22:1 [21:37 HT] specifies fourfold repayment for a stolen sheep, which is consistent with 2 Sam 12:6. Some
[12:6] tn Heb “the lamb he must repay fourfold because he did this thing and because he did not have compassion.”
[12:8] 23 tn Heb “and the wives of your lord into your chest [or “lap”].” The words “I put” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
[12:9] 24 tc So the Qere; the Kethib has “his.”
[12:9] 25 tn Heb “to you for a wife.” This expression also occurs at the end of v. 10.
[12:11] 26 tn Heb “raise up against you disaster.”
[12:11] 27 tn Heb “house” (so NAB, NRSV); NCV, TEV, CEV “family.”
[12:11] 29 tn Heb “will lie with” (so NIV, NRSV); TEV “will have intercourse with”; CEV, NLT “will go to bed with.”
[12:11] 30 tn Heb “in the eyes of this sun.”
[12:12] 31 tn Heb “and before the sun.”
[12:14] 33 tc The MT has here “because you have caused the enemies of the
[24:1] 34 sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1.