2 Samuel 2:9

2:9 He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, ¹  Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

2 Samuel 2:4

2:4 The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people ²  of Judah.

David was told, ³  “The people ⁴  of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 When all the leaders ⁵  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ⁶  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁷  David as king over Israel.

[2:9]  ¹ tc The MT here reads “the Ashurite,” but this is problematic if it is taken to mean “the Assyrian.” Ish-bosheth’s kingdom obviously was not of such proportions as to extend to Assyria. The Syriac Peshitta renders the word as “the Geshurite,” while the Targum has “of the house of Ashur.” We should probably emend the Hebrew text to read “the Geshurite.” The Geshurites lived in the northeastern part of the land of Palestine.

[2:4]  ² tn Heb “house.”

[2:4]  ³ tn Heb “and they told David.” The subject appears to be indefinite, allowing one to translate the verb as passive with David as subject.

[2:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “men.”

[5:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

[5:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

[5:3]  ⁷ tn Heb “anointed.”