2 Samuel 11:10

11:10 So they informed David, “Uriah has not gone down to his house.” So David said to Uriah, “Haven’t you just arrived from a journey? Why haven’t you gone down to your house?”

2 Samuel 14:33

14:33 So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

2 Samuel 17:21

17:21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.”


tn Heb “he.” Joab, acting on behalf of the king, may be the implied subject.

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

tn Heb “Absalom.” For stylistic reasons the name has been replaced by the pronoun (“him”) in the translation.

tn Heb “they”; the referents (Ahimaaz and Jonathan) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “the water.”

tn Heb “for thus Ahithophel has devised against you.” The expression “thus” is narrative shorthand, referring to the plan outlined by Ahithophel (see vv. 1-3). The men would surely have outlined the plan in as much detail as they had been given by the messenger.