2 Samuel 1:19

1:19 The beauty ¹  of Israel lies slain on your high places!

How the mighty have fallen!

2 Samuel 3:17

3:17 Abner advised ²  the elders of Israel, “Previously you were wanting David to be your king. ³ 

2 Samuel 7:24

7:24 You made Israel your very own people for all time. ⁴  You, O Lord, became their God.

2 Samuel 9:10

9:10 You will cultivate ⁵  the land for him – you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce ⁶  and it will be ⁷  food for your master’s grandson to eat. ⁸  But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, will be a regular guest at my table.” (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.)

2 Samuel 16:20

16:20 Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, “Give us your advice. What should we do?”

2 Samuel 18:30

18:30 The king said, “Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

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¹ sn The word beauty is used figuratively here to refer to Saul and Jonathan.

² tn Heb “the word of Abner was with.”

³ tn Heb “you were seeking David to be king over you.”

⁴ tn Heb “and you established for yourself your people Israel for yourself for a people permanently.”

⁵ tn Heb “work.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew text implies, but does not actually contain, the words “its produce” here.

⁷ tc The words “it will be,” though present in the MT, are absent from the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and Vulgate.

⁸ tn Heb “and he will eat it.”