2 Samuel 1:3

1:3 David asked him, “Where are you coming from?” He replied, “I have escaped from the camp of Israel.”

2 Samuel 1:11

1:11 David then grabbed his own clothes ¹  and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

2 Samuel 3:9

3:9 God will severely judge Abner ²  if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, ³ 

2 Samuel 3:11

3:11 Ish-bosheth ⁴  was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him.

2 Samuel 7:1

The Lord Establishes a Covenant with David

7:1 The king settled into his palace, ⁵  for the Lord gave him relief ⁶  from all his enemies on all sides. ⁷ 

2 Samuel 9:5

9:5 So King David had him brought ⁸  from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in ⁹  Lo Debar.

2 Samuel 10:13

10:13 So Joab and his men ¹⁰  marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.

2 Samuel 11:22

11:22 So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him.

2 Samuel 14:3

14:3 Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion.” Then Joab told her what to say. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 16:14

16:14 The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David ¹²  refreshed himself.

2 Samuel 18:1

The Death of Absalom

18:1 David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds.

2 Samuel 24:19

24:19 So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord’s instructions.

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¹ tc The present translation follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading “his garments,” rather than “his garment,” the reading of the Kethib.

² tn Heb “So will God do to Abner and so he will add to him.”

³ tc Heb “has sworn to David.” The LXX, with the exception of the recension of Origen, adds “in this day.”

⁴ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ish-bosheth) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “house” (also in the following verse).

⁶ tn Or “rest.”

⁷ tn The translation understands the disjunctive clause in v. 1b as circumstantial-causal.

⁸ tn Heb “sent and took him.”

⁹ tn Heb “from.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “and the army which was with him.”

¹¹ tn Heb “put the words in her mouth” (so NASB, NIV).

¹² tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.