2 Samuel 4:11

4:11 Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept ¹  in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove ²  you from the earth?”

2 Samuel 5:24

5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ³  of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 7:9

7:9 I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated ⁴  all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 18:17

18:17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes. ⁶ 

[4:11]  ¹ tn Heb “on his bed.”

[4:11]  ² tn See HALOT 146 s.v. II בער. Some derive the verb from a homonym meaning “to burn; to consume.”

[5:24]  ³ tn Heb “camp” (so NAB).

[7:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “cut off.”

[7:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and I will make for you a great name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth.”

[18:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “and all Israel fled, each to his tent.” In this context this refers to the supporters of Absalom (see vv. 6-7, 16).