2 Samuel 1:24

1:24 O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul,

who clothed you in scarlet ¹  as well as jewelry,

who put gold jewelry on your clothes.

2 Samuel 3:31

3:31 David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, “Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!” Now King David followed ²  behind the funeral bier.

2 Samuel 3:34

3:34 Your hands ³  were not bound,

and your feet were not put into irons.

You fell the way one falls before criminals.”

All the people ⁴  wept over him again.

2 Samuel 19:21

19:21 Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, “For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord’s anointed!”

2 Samuel 23:23

23:23 He received honor from ⁵  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 sn Clothing of scarlet was expensive and beyond the financial reach of most people.

² tn Heb “was walking.”

³ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and several ancient versions in reading “your hands,” rather than “your hand.”

⁴ tc 4QSam^a lacks the words “all the people.”

⁵ tn Or “more than.”