2 Samuel 6:2

6:2 David and all the men who were with him traveled ¹  to ²  Baalah ³  in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name ⁴  of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it.

2 Samuel 7:26

7:26 so you may gain lasting fame, ⁵  as people say, ⁶  ‘The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!’ The dynasty ⁷  of your servant David will be established before you,

2 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose ⁸  you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁹  God will punish me severely, ¹⁰  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:3

24:3 Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

[6:2]  ¹ tn Heb “arose and went.”

[6:2]  ² tn Heb “from,” but the following context indicates they traveled to this location.

[6:2]  ³ tn This is another name for Kiriath-jearim (see 1 Chr 13:6).

[6:2]  ⁴ tc The MT has here a double reference to the name (שֵׁם שֵׁם, shem shem). Many medieval Hebrew mss in the first occurrence point the word differently and read the adverb שָׁם (sham, “there”). This is also the understanding of the Syriac Peshitta (Syr., taman). While this yields an acceptable understanding to the text, it is more likely that the MT dittographic here. The present translation therefore reads שֵׁם only once.

[7:26]  ⁵ tn Heb “and your name might be great permanently.” Following the imperative in v. 23b, the prefixed verbal form with vav conjunctive indicates purpose/result.

[7:26]  ⁶ tn Heb “saying.” The words “as people” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic reasons.

[7:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “the house.” See the note on “dynastic house” in the following verse.

[12:7]  ⁸ tn Heb “anointed.”

[19:13]  ⁹ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

[19:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”