2 Samuel 11:12

11:12 So David said to Uriah, “Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back.” So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one. ¹ 

2 Samuel 15:22

15:22 So David said to Ittai, “Come along then.” ²  So Ittai the Gittite went along, ³  accompanied by all his men and all the dependents ⁴  who were with him.

2 Samuel 16:5

Shimei Curses David and His Men

16:5 Then King David reached ⁵  Bahurim. There a man from Saul’s extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ⁷  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ⁸  to Jerusalem. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 21:7

21:7 The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord’s oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

2 Samuel 23:13

23:13 At the time of ¹⁰  the harvest three ¹¹  of the thirty leaders went down to ¹²  David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 24:25

24:25 Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel.

[11:12]  ¹ tn On the chronology involved here see P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 287.

[15:22]  ² tn Heb “Come and cross over.”

[15:22]  ³ tn Heb “crossed over.”

[15:22]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the little ones.”

[16:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “came to.” The form of the verb in the MT is odd. Some prefer to read וַיַּבֹא (vayyavo’), preterite with vav consecutive) rather than וּבָא (uva’), apparently perfect with vav), but this is probably an instance where the narrative offline vÿqatal construction introduces a new scene.

[16:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “And look, from there a man was coming out from the clan of the house of Saul and his name was Shimei son of Gera, continually going out and cursing.”

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “went up from after.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[20:2]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[23:13]  ¹⁰ tn The meaning of Hebrew אֶל־קָצִיר (’el qatsir) seems here to be “at the time of harvest,” although this is an unusual use of the phrase. As S. R. Driver points out, this preposition does not normally have the temporal sense of “in” or “during” (S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 366).

[23:13]  ¹¹ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading שְׁלֹשָׁה (shÿloshah, “three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT שְׁלֹשִׁים (shÿloshim, “thirty”). “Thirty” is due to dittography of the following word and makes no sense in the context.

[23:13]  ¹² tn Heb “went down…and approached.”