2 Samuel 10:8

10:8 The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field.

2 Samuel 15:18

15:18 All his servants were leaving with him, ¹  along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites – some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with ²  the king.

2 Samuel 15:23-24

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ³  as all these people were leaving. ⁴  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ⁵  on the road that leads to the desert. 15:24 Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving ⁶  the city.

2 Samuel 22:16

22:16 The depths ⁷  of the sea were exposed;

the inner regions ⁸  of the world were uncovered

by the Lord’s battle cry, ⁹ 

by the powerful breath from his nose. ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 23:9

23:9 Next in command ¹¹  was Eleazar son of Dodo, ¹²  the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, ¹³ 

2 Samuel 24:9

24:9 Joab reported the number of warriors ¹⁴  to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

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¹ tn Heb “crossing over near his hand.”

² tn Heb “crossing over near the face of.”

³ tn Heb “with a great voice.”

⁴ tn Heb “crossing over.”

⁵ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”

⁶ tn Heb “crossing from.”

⁷ tn Or “channels.”

⁸ tn Or “foundations.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ tn Heb “after him.”

¹² tc This follows the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss in reading דֹּדוֹ (dodo) rather than the Kethib of the MT דֹּדַי (dodai; cf. ASV, NIV, NLT). But see 1 Chr 27:4.

¹³ tn Heb “went up.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “and Joab gave the number of the numbering of the people.”