2 Samuel 1:15

1:15 Then David called one of the soldiers ¹  and said, “Come here and strike him down!” So he struck him down, and he died.

2 Samuel 2:10

2:10 Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people ²  of Judah followed David.

2 Samuel 5:5

5:5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem ³  he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

2 Samuel 6:7

6:7 The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, ⁴  he ⁵  killed him on the spot ⁶  for his negligence. ⁷  He died right there beside the ark of God.

2 Samuel 8:11

8:11 King David dedicated these things to the Lord, ⁸  along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from ⁹  all the nations that he had subdued,

2 Samuel 8:13-14

8:13 David became famous ¹⁰  when he returned from defeating the Arameans ¹¹  in the Valley of Salt, he defeated ¹²  18,000 in all. 8:14 He placed garrisons throughout Edom, ¹³  and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned.

2 Samuel 9:4

9:4 The king asked him, “Where is he?” Ziba told the king, “He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar.

2 Samuel 11:15-16

11:15 In the letter he wrote: “Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed.”

11:16 So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers ¹⁴  were.

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!’”

2 Samuel 18:25

18:25 So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, “If he is by himself, he brings good news.” ¹⁵  The runner ¹⁶  came ever closer.

2 Samuel 19:31

19:31 Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there. ¹⁷ 

2 Samuel 22:7

22:7 In my distress I called to the Lord;

I called to my God. ¹⁸ 

From his heavenly temple ¹⁹  he heard my voice;

he listened to my cry for help. ²⁰ 

2 Samuel 22:51

22:51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ²¹ 

he is faithful to his chosen ruler, ²² 

to David and to his descendants forever!”

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended ²³  it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ²⁴  the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard.

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¹ tn Heb “young men.”

² tn Heb “house.”

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “and the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah.”

⁵ tn Heb “God.”

⁶ tc Heb “there.” Since this same term occurs later in the verse it is translated “on the spot” here for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tc The phrase “his negligence” is absent from the LXX.

⁸ tn Heb “also them King David made holy to the Lord.”

⁹ tn Heb “with the silver and the gold that he had dedicated from.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “made a name.”

¹¹ tn So NASB, NCV; NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “Edomites” (see the note on “Aram” in v. 12).

¹² tn The words “he defeated” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹³ tc The MT is repetitious here: “He placed in Edom garrisons; in all Edom he placed garrisons.” The Vulgate lacks “in all Edom”; most of the Greek tradition (with the exception of the Lucianic recension and the recension of Origen) and the Syriac Peshitta lack “he placed garrisons.” The MT reading appears here to be the result of a conflation of variant readings.

¹⁴ tn Heb “the valiant men.” This refers in context to the strongest or most valiant defenders of the city Joab and the Israelite army were besieging, so the present translation uses “the best enemy soldiers” for clarity.

¹⁵ tn Heb “good news is in his mouth.”

¹⁶ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the runner) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁷ tc The MT reading אֶת־בַיַּרְדֵּן (’et-vayyarden, “in the Jordan”) is odd syntactically. The use of the preposition after the object marker אֶת (’et) is difficult to explain. Graphic confusion is likely in the MT; the translation assumes the reading מִיַּרְדֵּן (miyyarden, “from the Jordan”). Another possibility is to read the definite article on the front of “Jordan” (הַיַּרְדֵּן, hayyarden; “the Jordan”).

¹⁸ tn In this poetic narrative the two prefixed verbal forms in v. 7a are best understood as preterites indicating past tense, not imperfects. Note the use of the vav consecutive with the prefixed verbal form that follows in v. 7b.

¹⁹ tn Heb “from his temple.” Verse 10, which pictures God descending from the sky, indicates that the heavenly, not earthly, temple is in view.

²⁰ tn Heb “and my cry for help [entered] his ears.”

²¹ tc The translation follows the Kethib and the ancient versions in reading מַגְדִּיל (magdil, “he magnifies”) rather than the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss of the MT which read מִגְדּוֹל (migdol, “tower”). See Ps 18:50.

²² tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty to his anointed one.”

²³ tn Heb “delivered.”

²⁴ tn Or “more than.”