2 Samuel 7:20

7:20 What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, ¹  O Lord God!

2 Samuel 18:13

18:13 If I had acted at risk of my own life ²  – and nothing is hidden from the king! – you would have abandoned me.” ³ 

[7:20]  ¹ tn Heb “and you know your servant.” The verb here refers to recognizing another in a special way and giving them special treatment (see 1 Chr 17:18). Some English versions take this to refer to the Lord’s knowledge of David himself: CEV “you know my thoughts”; NLT “know what I am really like.”

[18:13]  ² tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, and a number of the ancient versions in reading בְנַפְשִׁי (vÿnafshi, “against my life”) rather than the MT בְנַפְשׁוֹ (vÿnafsho, “against his life”).

[18:13]  ³ tn Heb “stood aloof.”