2 Samuel 3:21

3:21 Abner said to David, “Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement ¹  with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire.” So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace.

2 Samuel 14:17

14:17 So your servant said, ‘May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!’”

2 Samuel 14:19

14:19 The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” ²  The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

2 Samuel 18:28

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ³  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ⁴  the men who opposed ⁵  my lord the king!”

2 Samuel 18:32

18:32 The king asked the Cushite, “How is the young man Absalom?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you ⁶  be like that young man!”

[3:21]  ¹ tn After the cohortatives, the prefixed verbal form with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose or result.

[14:19]  ² tn Heb “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”

[18:28]  ³ tn Heb “Peace.”

[18:28]  ⁴ tn Heb “delivered over.”

[18:28]  ⁵ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”

[18:32]  ⁶ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”