2 Samuel 2:27

2:27 Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit ¹  of their brothers!”

2 Samuel 3:22

Abner Is Killed

3:22 Now David’s soldiers ²  and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David ³  had sent him away and he had left in peace.

2 Samuel 5:11

5:11 King Hiram of Tyre ⁴  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace ⁵  for David.

2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ⁶  king over Israel, they all ⁷  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 6:2

6:2 David and all the men who were with him traveled ⁸  to ⁹  Baalah ¹⁰  in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name ¹¹  of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

2 Samuel 6:5

6:5 while David and all Israel ¹²  were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing ¹³  and playing various stringed instruments, ¹⁴  tambourines, rattles, ¹⁵  and cymbals.

2 Samuel 6:13

6:13 Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David ¹⁶  sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

2 Samuel 6:22

6:22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! ¹⁷  But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

2 Samuel 10:8

10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

2 Samuel 10:17

10:17 When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, ¹⁸  and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him.

2 Samuel 14:30

14:30 So he said to his servants, “Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire.” ¹⁹  So Absalom’s servants set Joab’s ²⁰  portion of the field on fire.

2 Samuel 15:22-24

15:22 So David said to Ittai, “Come along then.” ²¹  So Ittai the Gittite went along, ²²  accompanied by all his men and all the dependents ²³  who were with him.

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ²⁴  as all these people were leaving. ²⁵  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ²⁶  on the road that leads to the desert. 15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving ²⁷  the city.

2 Samuel 17:2

17:2 When I catch up with ²⁸  him he will be exhausted and worn out. ²⁹  I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king

2 Samuel 17:10

17:10 If that happens even the bravest soldier – one who is lion-hearted – will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.

2 Samuel 19:17

19:17 There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant ³⁰  of Saul’s household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed ³¹  the Jordan within sight of the king.

2 Samuel 22:49

22:49 He delivers me from my enemies; ³² 

you snatch me away ³³  from those who attack me; ³⁴ 

you rescue me from violent men.

2 Samuel 24:2

24:2 The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, “Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army.”

[2:27]  ¹ tn The Hebrew verb נַעֲלָה (na’alah) used here is the Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular of עָלָה (’alah, “to go up”). In the Niphal this verb “is used idiomatically, of getting away from so as to abandon…especially of an army raising a siege…” (see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 244).

[3:22]  ² tn Heb “And look, the servants of David.”

[3:22]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[5:11]  ⁴ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[5:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “a house.”

[5:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “anointed.”

[5:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

[6:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “arose and went.”

[6:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “from,” but the following context indicates they traveled to this location.

[6:2]  ¹⁰ tn This is another name for Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Chr 13:6).

[6:2]  ¹¹ tc The MT has here a double reference to the name (שֵׁם שֵׁם, shem shem). Many medieval Hebrew mss in the first occurrence point the word differently and read the adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”). This is also the understanding of the Syriac Peshitta (Syr., taman). While this yields an acceptable understanding to the text, it is more likely that the MT dittographic here. The present translation therefore reads שֵׁם only once.

[6:5]  ¹² tn Heb “all the house of Israel.”

[6:5]  ¹³ tc Heb “were celebrating before the Lord with all woods of fir” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB). If the text is retained, the last expression must be elliptical, referring to musical instruments made from fir wood. But it is preferable to emend the text in light of 1 Chr 13:8, which reads “were celebrating before the Lord with all strength and with songs.”

[6:5]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “with zithers [?] and with harps.”

[6:5]  ¹⁵ tn That is, “sistrums” (so NAB, NIV); ASV, NASB, NRSV, CEV, NLT “castanets.”

[6:13]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:22]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”

[10:17]  ¹⁸ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

[14:30]  ¹⁹ tc The LXX adds here the following words: “And the servants of Absalom burned them up. And the servants of Joab came to him, rending their garments. They said….”

[14:30]  ²⁰ tn The word “Joab’s” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[15:22]  ²¹ tn Heb “Come and cross over.”

[15:22]  ²² tn Heb “crossed over.”

[15:22]  ²³ tn Heb “all the little ones.”

[15:23]  ²⁴ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

[15:23]  ²⁵ tn Heb “crossing over.”

[15:23]  ²⁶ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”

[15:24]  ²⁷ tn Heb “crossing from.”

[17:2]  ²⁸ tn Heb “and I will come upon him.”

[17:2]  ²⁹ tn Heb “exhausted and slack of hands.”

[19:17]  ³⁰ tn Heb “youth.”

[19:17]  ³¹ tn Heb “rushed into.”

[22:49]  ³² tn Heb “and [the one who] brings me out from my enemies.”

[22:49]  ³³ tn Heb “you lift me up.” In light of the preceding and following references to deliverance, the verb רוּם (rum) probably here refers to being rescued from danger (see Ps 9:13). However, it could mean “exalt; elevate” here, indicating that the Lord has given him victory over his enemies and forced them to acknowledge the psalmist’s superiority.

[22:49]  ³⁴ tn Heb “from those who rise against me.”