2 Samuel 1:4

1:4 David inquired, “How were things going?¹ Tell me!” He replied, “The people fled from the battle and many of them² fell dead.³ Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”

2 Samuel 2:22

2:22 So Abner spoke again to Asahel, “Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground.⁴ How then could I show⁵ my face in the presence of Joab your brother?”

2 Samuel 3:12-13

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers⁶ to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement⁷ with me, and I will do whatever I can⁸ to cause all Israel to turn to you.” 3:13 So David said, “Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul’s daughter Michal when you come to visit me.”⁹

2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely¹⁰ if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 3:39

3:39 Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear!¹¹ May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!”¹²

2 Samuel 5:19

5:19 So David asked the Lord, “Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David, “March up, for I will indeed¹³ hand the Philistines over to you.”

2 Samuel 7:7

7:7 Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say¹⁴ to any of the leaders¹⁵ whom I appointed to care for¹⁶ my people Israel, “Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

2 Samuel 7:18

David Offers a Prayer to God

7:18 King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, “Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family,¹⁷ that you should have brought me to this point?

2 Samuel 13:4

13:4 He asked Amnon,¹⁸ “Why are you, the king’s son,¹⁹ so depressed every morning? Can’t you tell me?” So Amnon said to him, “I’m in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom.”

2 Samuel 13:13

13:13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools²⁰ in Israel! Just²¹ speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.”

2 Samuel 14:9

14:9 The Tekoan woman said to the king, “My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!”

2 Samuel 14:16

14:16 Yes!²² The king may²³ listen and deliver his female servant²⁴ from the hand of the man who seeks to remove²⁵ both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’²⁶

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow²⁷ when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem,²⁸ I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 15:36

15:36 Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok’s son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear.”²⁹

2 Samuel 16:3

16:3 The king asked, “Where is your master’s grandson?”³⁰ Ziba replied to the king, “He remains in Jerusalem,³¹ for he said, ‘Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather’s³² kingdom.’”

2 Samuel 18:27

18:27 The watchman said, “It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz³³ son of Zadok.” The king said, “He is a good man, and he comes with good news.”

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood?³⁴ God will punish me severely,³⁵ if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 24:17

24:17 When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, “Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep – what have they done? Attack me and my family.”³⁶

¹tn Heb “What was the word?”

²tn Heb “from the people.”

³tn Heb “fell and died.”

⁴tn Heb “Why should I strike you to the ground?”

⁵tn Heb “lift.”

⁶tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”

⁷tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.

⁸tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”

⁹tn The words “when you come to see my face,” though found in the Hebrew text, are somewhat redundant given the similar expression in the earlier part of the verse. The words are absent from the Syriac Peshitta.

¹⁰tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

¹¹tn Heb “are hard from me.”

¹²tn Heb “May the Lord repay the doer of the evil according to his evil” (NASB similar).

¹³tn The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the following verb.

¹⁴tn Heb “Did I speak a word?” In the Hebrew text the statement is phrased as a rhetorical question.

¹⁵tn Heb “tribes” (so KJV, NASB, NCV), but the parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:6 has “judges.”

¹⁶tn Heb “whom I commanded to shepherd” (so NIV, NRSV).

¹⁷tn Heb “house.”

¹⁸tn Heb “and he said to him.”

¹⁹tn An more idiomatic translation might be “Why are you of all people…?”

²⁰tn Heb “and you will be like one of the fools.”

²¹tn Heb “Now.”

²²tn Or “for.”

²³tn Or “will.” The imperfect verbal form can have either an indicative or modal nuance. The use of “perhaps” in v. 15b suggests the latter here.

²⁴tn Heb “in order to deliver his maid.”

²⁵tn Heb “destroy.”

²⁶tn Heb “from the inheritance of God.” The expression refers to the property that was granted to her family line in the division of the land authorized by God.

²⁷tn 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.

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²⁹tn Heb “and you must send by their hand to me every word which you hear.” Both of the second person verb forms are plural with Zadok, Abiathar, and Hushai being the understood subjects.

³⁰tn Heb “son.”

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³²tn Heb “my father’s.”

³³tn Heb “I am seeing the running of the first one like the running of Ahimaaz.”

³⁴tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

³⁵tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

³⁶tn Heb “let your hand be against me and against the house of my father.”