2 Samuel 7:8

7:8 “So now, say this to my servant David: ‘This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd ¹  to make you leader of my people Israel.

2 Samuel 7:27

7:27 for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told ²  your servant, ‘I will build you a dynastic house.’ ³  That is why your servant has had the courage ⁴  to pray this prayer to you.

2 Samuel 13:13

13:13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools ⁵  in Israel! Just ⁶  speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

2 Samuel 13:20

13:20 Her brother Absalom said to her, “Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don’t take it so seriously!” ⁷  Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning ⁸  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. ⁹ 

2 Samuel 14:19

14:19 The king said, “Did Joab put you up to all of this?” ¹⁰  The woman answered, “As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant’s mouth.

[7:8]  ¹ tn Heb “and from after the sheep.”

[7:27]  ² tn Heb “have uncovered the ear of.”

[7:27]  ³ tn Heb “a house.” This maintains the wordplay from v. 11 (see the note on the word “house” there) and is continued in v. 29.

[7:27]  ⁴ tn Heb “has found his heart.”

[13:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”

[13:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “Now.”

[13:20]  ⁷ tn Heb “Don’t set your heart to this thing!”

[14:2]  ⁸ tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

[14:2]  ⁹ tn Heb “these many days.”

[14:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?”