2 Samuel 1:20

1:20 Don’t report it in Gath,

don’t spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, ¹ 

or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice,

the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate!

2 Samuel 5:24

5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army ²  of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 6:10

6:10 So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.

2 Samuel 6:22

6:22 I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! ³  But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!”

2 Samuel 11:8

11:8 Then David said to Uriah, “Go down to your home and relax.” ⁴  When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 13:17

13:17 He called his personal attendant and said to him, “Take this woman out of my sight ⁶  and lock the door behind her!”

2 Samuel 15:5

15:5 When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom ⁷  would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him.

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow ⁸  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, ⁹  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 16:16

16:16 When David’s friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, ¹⁰  “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

2 Samuel 22:16

22:16 The depths ¹¹  of the sea were exposed;

the inner regions ¹²  of the world were uncovered

by the Lord’s battle cry, ¹³ 

by the powerful breath from his nose. ¹⁴ 

2 Samuel 24:15

24:15 So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

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¹ sn The cities of Gath and Ashkelon are mentioned here by synecdoche of part for the whole. As major Philistine cities they in fact represent all of Philistia. The point is that when the sad news of fallen Israelite leadership reaches the Philistines, it will be for these enemies of Israel the occasion of great joy rather than grief.

² tn Heb “camp” (so NAB).

³ tn Heb “and I will shame myself still more than this and I will be lowly in my eyes.”

⁴ tn Heb “and wash your feet.”

⁵ tn Heb “and there went out after him the gift of the king.”

⁶ tn Heb “send this [one] from upon me to the outside.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

¹⁰ tn Heb “to Absalom.” The proper name has been replaced by the pronoun “him” in the translation for stylistic reasons.

¹¹ tn Or “channels.”

¹² tn Or “foundations.”

¹³ tn The noun is derived from the verb גָעַר (nag’ar) which is often understood to mean “rebuke.” In some cases it is apparent that scolding or threatening is in view (see Gen 37:10; Ruth 2:16; Zech 3:2). However, in militaristic contexts this translation is inadequate, for the verb refers in this setting to the warrior’s battle cry, which terrifies and paralyzes the enemy. See A. Caquot, TDOT 3:53, and note the use of the verb in Pss 68:30; 106:9; and Nah 1:4, as well as the related noun in Job 26:11; Pss 9:5; 76:6; 104:7; Isa 50:2; 51:20; 66:15.

¹⁴ tn Heb “blast of the breath” (literally, “breath of breath”) employs an appositional genitive. Synonyms are joined in a construct relationship to emphasize the single idea. For a detailed discussion of the grammatical point with numerous examples, see Y. Avishur, “Pairs of Synonymous Words in the Construct State (and in Appositional Hendiadys) in Biblical Hebrew,” Semitics 2 (1971): 17-81.