2 Samuel 3:39
Konteks3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! 1 May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!” 2
2 Samuel 5:7
Konteks5:7 But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David).
2 Samuel 12:30
Konteks12:30 He took the crown of their king 3 from his head – it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, 4 and held a precious stone – and it was placed on David’s head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder.
2 Samuel 15:35
Konteks15:35 Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you. 5 Everything you hear in the king’s palace 6 you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests.
[3:39] 1 tn Heb “are hard from me.”
[3:39] 2 tn Heb “May the
[12:30] 3 tn Part of the Greek tradition wrongly understands Hebrew מַלְכָּם (malkam, “their king”) as a proper name (“Milcom”). Some English versions follow the Greek here, rendering the phrase “the crown of Milcom” (so NRSV; cf. also NAB, CEV). TEV takes this as a reference not to the Ammonite king but to “the idol of the Ammonite god Molech.”
[12:30] 4 tn Heb “and its weight [was] a talent of gold.” The weight of this ornamental crown was approximately 75 lbs (34 kg). See P. K. McCarter, II Samuel (AB), 313.
[15:35] 5 tn Heb “Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be there with you?” The rhetorical question draws attention to the fact that Hushai will not be alone.