2 Samuel 1:16

1:16 David said to him, “Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying ‘I have put the Lord’s anointed to death.’”

2 Samuel 2:4

2:4 The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah.

David was told, “The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 3:39

3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”


tn Heb “house.”

tn Heb “and they told David.” The subject appears to be indefinite, allowing one to translate the verb as passive with David as subject.

tn Heb “men.”

tn Heb “are hard from me.”

tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).