2 Samuel 1:17

David’s Tribute to Saul and Jonathan

1:17 Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan.

2 Samuel 2:9

2:9 He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, ¹  Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

2 Samuel 2:11

2:11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years. ² 

2 Samuel 8:15

8:15 David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. ³ 

2 Samuel 19:1

19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

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¹ tc The MT here reads “the Ashurite,” but this is problematic if it is taken to mean “the Assyrian.” Ish-bosheth’s kingdom obviously was not of such proportions as to extend to Assyria. The Syriac Peshitta renders the word as “the Geshurite,” while the Targum has “of the house of Ashur.” We should probably emend the Hebrew text to read “the Geshurite.” The Geshurites lived in the northeastern part of the land of Palestine.

² tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”

³ tn Heb “and David was doing what is just and fair for all his people.”