2 Samuel 9:7

9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 17:23

17:23 When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave ²  of his father.

2 Samuel 18:11-12

18:11 Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, “What! You saw this? Why didn’t you strike him down right on the spot? ³  I would have given you ten pieces of silver ⁴  and a commemorative belt!” ⁵ 

18:12 The man replied to Joab, “Even if ⁶  I were receiving ⁷  a thousand pieces of silver, ⁸  I would not strike ⁹  the king’s son! In our very presence ¹⁰  the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’ ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 18:28

18:28 Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “Greetings!” ¹²  He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, “May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated ¹³  the men who opposed ¹⁴  my lord the king!”

2 Samuel 23:16

23:16 So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord

2 Samuel 23:18

23:18 Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. ¹⁵  He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three. ¹⁶ 

2 Samuel 23:21

23:21 He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. ¹⁷  The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked ¹⁸  him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand and killed him with his own spear.

[9:7]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will eat food over my table continually.”

[17:23]  ² tc The Greek recensions of Origen and Lucian have here “house” for “grave.”

[18:11]  ³ tn Heb “Why did you not strike him down there to the ground.”

[18:11]  ⁴ tn Heb “ten [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 4 ounces (114 grams) of silver by weight.

[18:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and a girdle” (so KJV); NIV “a warrior’s belt”; CEV “a special belt”; NLT “a hero’s belt.”

[18:12]  ⁶ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading וְלוּ (vÿlu, “and if”) rather than MT וְלֹא (vÿlo’, “and not”).

[18:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “weighing out in my hand.”

[18:12]  ⁸ tn Heb “a thousand [shekels] of silver.” This would have been about 25 pounds (11.4 kg) of silver by weight.

[18:12]  ⁹ tn Heb “extend my hand against.”

[18:12]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “in our ears.”

[18:12]  ¹¹ tc The Hebrew text is very difficult here. The MT reads מִי (mi, “who”), apparently yielding the following sense: “Show care, whoever you might be, for the youth Absalom.” The Syriac Peshitta reads li (“for me”), the Hebrew counterpart of which may also lie behind the LXX rendering μοι (moi, “for me”). This reading seems preferable here, since it restores sense to the passage and most easily explains the rise of the variant.

[18:28]  ¹² tn Heb “Peace.”

[18:28]  ¹³ tn Heb “delivered over.”

[18:28]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “lifted their hand against.”

[23:18]  ¹⁵ tc The translation follows the Qere, many medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and Vulgate in reading הַשְּׁלֹשָׁה (hashÿlosa, “the three”) rather than the Kethib of the MT הַשָּׁלִשִׁי (hashalisi, “the third,” or “adjutant”). Two medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta have “thirty.”

[23:18]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and he was wielding his spear against three hundred, [who were] slain, and to him there was a name among the three.”

[23:21]  ¹⁷ tc The translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading אִישׁ (’ish, “man”) rather than the Kethib of the MT, אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “who”).

[23:21]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “and he went down to.”