2 Samuel 12:3
12:3 But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. 1 It used to 2 eat his food, 3 drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. 4 It was just like a daughter to him.
2 Samuel 16:8
16:8 The Lord has punished you for 5 all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!”
2 Samuel 17:25
17:25 Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married 6 Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.)
2 Samuel 18:29
18:29 The king replied, “How is the young man Absalom?” Ahimaaz replied, “I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was all about.”
2 Samuel 19:7
19:7 So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to 7 your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!”
1 tn Heb “his sons.”
2 tn The three Hebrew imperfect verbal forms in this sentence have a customary nuance; they describe past actions that were repeated or typical.
3 tn Heb “from his morsel.”
4 tn Heb “and on his chest [or perhaps, “lap”] it would lay.”
5 tn Heb “has brought back upon you.”
6 tn Heb “come to.”
7 tn Heb “and speak to the heart of.”