2 Samuel 3:20

3:20 When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 8:8

8:8 From Tebah ¹  and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

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 13:17

13:17 He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight ²  and lock the door behind her!”

2 Samuel 17:3

17:3 and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. ³  The entire army will return unharmed.” ⁴ 

2 Samuel 17:29

17:29 honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. ⁵  For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.” ⁶ 

[8:8]  ¹ tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8.

[13:17]  ² tn Heb “send this [one] from upon me to the outside.”

[17:3]  ³ tc Heb “like the returning of all, the man whom you are seeking.” The LXX reads differently: “And I will return all the people to you the way a bride returns to her husband, except for the life of the one man whom you are seeking.” The other early versions also struggled with this verse. Modern translations are divided as well: the NAB, NRSV, REB, and NLT follow the LXX, while the NASB and NIV follow the Hebrew text.

[17:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “all of the people will be safe.”

[17:29]  ⁵ tn Heb “cheese of the herd,” probably referring to cheese from cow’s milk (rather than goat’s milk).

[17:29]  ⁶ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).