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 them ²  fell dead. ³  Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!”

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 ⁴  of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 12:13

12:13 Then David exclaimed to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord!” Nathan replied to David, “Yes, and the Lord has forgiven ⁵  your sin. You are not going to die.

2 Samuel 16:13

16:13 So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. ⁶ 

2 Samuel 17:17

17:17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city.

2 Samuel 23:17

23:17 and said, “O Lord, I will not do this! ⁷  It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going.” ⁸  So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. ⁹ 

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¹ tn Heb “What was the word?”

² tn Heb “from the people.”

³ tn Heb “fell and died.”

⁴ tn Heb “camp” (so NAB).

⁵ tn Heb “removed.”

⁶ tn Heb “and he cursed and threw stones, opposite him, pelting [them] with dirt.” The offline vÿqatal construction in the last clause indicates an action that was complementary to the action described in the preceding clause. He simultaneously threw stones and dirt.

⁷ tn Heb “Far be it to me, O Lord, from doing this.”

⁸ tn Heb “[Is it not] the blood of the men who were going with their lives?”

⁹ tn Heb “These things the three warriors did.”