2 Samuel 1:13

1:13 David said to the young man who told this to him, “Where are you from?” He replied, “I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner.” ¹ 

2 Samuel 6:22

6:22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! ²  But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

2 Samuel 9:8

9:8 Then Mephibosheth ³  bowed and said, “Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?” ⁴ 

2 Samuel 12:23

12:23 But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!’”

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¹ tn The Hebrew word used here refers to a foreigner whose social standing was something less than that of native residents of the land, but something more than that of a nonresident alien who was merely passing through.

² tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”

³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Mephibosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “What is your servant, that you turn to a dead dog which is like me?”