3:2 the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith;
12:31 From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,000 who had been designated by name to come and make David king.
14:1 King Hiram of Tyre 3 sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, 4 and carpenters to build a palace for him. 14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated 5 his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
18:3 David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority 6 to the Euphrates River. 7
21:4 But the king’s edict stood, despite Joab’s objections. 10 So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem. 11
25:2 From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king’s supervision. 12
27:31 Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep.
All these were the officials in charge of King David’s property.
27:32 Jonathan, David’s uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; 13
Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for 14 the king’s sons.
27:34 Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar.
Joab was the commanding general of the king’s army.
1 tn Heb “Tilgath-pilneser,” a variant spelling of Tiglath-pileser (also in v. 26).
2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Beerah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
3 map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.
4 tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.
5 tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”
6 tn Heb “hand.”
7 tn Heb “when he went to set up his hand at the Euphrates River.” The Hebrew word יָד (yad, “hand”) is usually understood to mean “control” or “dominion” here. However, since יָד does occasionally refer to a monument, perhaps one could translate, “to set up his monument at the Euphrates River” (i.e., as a visible marker of the limits of his dominion). For another example of the Hiphil of נָצַב (natsav) used with יָד (“monument”), see 1 Sam 15:12.
8 tn Heb “[was] over.”
9 tn Heb “and the sons of David [were] the heads at the hand of David.” The parallel text of 2 Sam 8:18 identifies them as “priests” (see sn there on the word “priests”).
10 tn Heb “and the word of the king was stronger than Joab.”
11 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
12 tn Heb “the sons of Asaph [were] upon the hand of Asaph, the one prophesying upon the hands of the king.”
13 tn Heb “was an adviser, a man of insight, and a scribe.”
14 tn Heb “[was] with” (so KJV, ASV); NASB “tutored”; NRSV “attended”; NLT “was responsible to teach.’
15 tn Heb “with a complete heart.”
16 tn Heb “was rejoiced with great joy.”
17 tn Heb “listened to him.”
18 tn Heb “and gave to him glory of kingship which there was not concerning every king before him over Israel.”