2 Samuel 6:19

6:19 He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, ¹  both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, ²  and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home. ³ 

2 Samuel 9:3

9:3 The king asked, “Is there not someone left from Saul’s family, ⁴  that I may extend God’s kindness to him?” Ziba said to the king, “One of Jonathan’s sons is left; both of his feet are crippled.”

2 Samuel 11:25

11:25 David said to the messenger, “Tell Joab, ‘Don’t let this thing upset you. ⁵  There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. ⁶  Press the battle against the city and conquer ⁷  it.’ Encourage him with these words.” ⁸ 

2 Samuel 15:14

15:14 So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, ⁹  “Come on! ¹⁰  Let’s escape! ¹¹  Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring ¹²  disaster on us and kill the city’s residents with the sword.” ¹³ 

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 ¹⁴  be like that young man!”

2 Samuel 20:21

20:21 That’s not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled ¹⁵  against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city.” The woman said to Joab, “This very minute ¹⁶  his head will be thrown over the wall to you!”

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “to all the people, to all the throng of Israel.”

[6:19]  ² tn The Hebrew word used here אֶשְׁפָּר (’espar) is found in the OT only here and in the parallel passage found in 1 Chr 16:3. Its exact meaning is uncertain, although the context indicates that it was a food of some sort (cf. KJV “a good piece of flesh”; NRSV “a portion of meat”). The translation adopted here (“date cake”) follows the lead of the Greek translations of the LXX, Aquila, and Symmachus (cf. NASB, NIV, NLT).

[6:19]  ³ tn Heb “and all the people went, each to his house.”

[9:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “house.”

[11:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “let not this matter be evil in your eyes.”

[11:25]  ⁶ tn Heb “according to this and according to this the sword devours.”

[11:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “overthrow.”

[11:25]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew text does not have “with these words.” They are supplied in the translation for clarity and for stylistic reasons.

[15:14]  ⁹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[15:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Arise!”

[15:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “let’s flee.”

[15:14]  ¹² tn Heb “thrust.”

[15:14]  ¹³ tn Heb “and strike the city with the edge of the sword.”

[18:32]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “and all those rising against you for evil.”

[20:21]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “lifted his hand.”

[20:21]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “Look!”