2 Samuel 12:4

12:4 “When a traveler arrived at the rich man’s home, ¹  he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed ²  the traveler who had come to visit him. ³  Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and cooked ⁴  it for the man who had come to visit him.”

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁵  “Come on! ⁶  Let’s escape! ⁷  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ⁸  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ⁹ 

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men ¹⁰  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab ¹²  blew the trumpet, and his men ¹³  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. ¹⁴  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ¹⁵  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ¹⁶  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

2 Samuel 24:21

24:21 Araunah said, “Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” David replied, “To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people.”

[12:4]  ¹ 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]  ² tn Heb “and he refused to take from his flock and from his herd to prepare [a meal] for.”

[12:4]  ³ 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]  ⁴ tn Heb “and prepared.”

[15:14]  ⁵ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ⁷ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[17:20]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

[17:20]  ¹¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[20:22]  ¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ¹³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[20:22]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “his tents.”

[23:21]  ¹⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

[23:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he went down to.”