2 Samuel 1:15

1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers ¹  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 2:2

2:2 So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

2 Samuel 3:6

Abner Defects to David’s Camp

3:6 As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential ²  in the house of Saul.

2 Samuel 3:32

3:32 So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly ³  over Abner’s grave and all the people wept too.

2 Samuel 5:9

5:9 So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards.

2 Samuel 6:11

6:11 The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family. ⁴ 

2 Samuel 9:4

9:4 The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

2 Samuel 9:12-13

9:12 Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were Mephibosheth’s servants. 9:13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, ⁵  for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.

2 Samuel 10:15

10:15 When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. ⁶ 

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. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 12:29

12:29 So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it.

2 Samuel 14:5

14:5 The king replied to her, “What do you want?” ⁸  She answered, “I am a widow; my husband is dead.

2 Samuel 14:10

14:10 The king said, “Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won’t bother you again!”

2 Samuel 14:12

14:12 Then the woman said, “Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter.” He replied, “Tell me.”

2 Samuel 14:18

14:18 Then the king replied to the woman, “Don’t hide any information from me when I question you.” The woman said, “Let my lord the king speak!”

2 Samuel 15:16-17

15:16 So the king and all the members of his royal court ⁹  set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines ¹⁰  to attend to the palace. 15:17 The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing ¹¹  at a spot ¹²  some distance away.

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended ¹³  it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

[1:15]  ¹ tn Heb “young men.”

[3:6]  ² tn Heb “was strengthening himself.” The statement may have a negative sense here, perhaps suggesting that Abner was overstepping the bounds of political propriety in a self-serving way.

[3:32]  ³ tn Heb “lifted up his voice and wept.” The expression is a verbal hendiadys.

[6:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “house,” both here and in v. 12.

[9:13]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[10:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “were gathered together.”

[12:15]  ⁷ 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.

[14:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “What to you?”

[15:16]  ⁹ tn Heb “and all his house.”

[15:16]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “women, concubines.”

[15:17]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and they stood.”

[15:17]  ¹² tn Heb “house.”

[23:12]  ¹³ tn Heb “delivered.”