2 Samuel 2:16

2:16 As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. ¹  So that place is called the Field of Flints; ²  it is in Gibeon.

2 Samuel 7:10

7:10 I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle ³  them there; they will live there and not be disturbed ⁴  any more. Violent men ⁵  will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

2 Samuel 10:19

10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer ⁶  saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. ⁷  The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

2 Samuel 17:21

17:21 After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan ⁸  climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, “Get up and cross the stream ⁹  quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you.” ¹⁰ 

2 Samuel 19:14

19:14 He ¹¹  won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, “Return, you and all your servants as well.”

2 Samuel 24:7

24:7 Then they went to the fortress of Tyre ¹²  and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba.

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¹ tn Heb “and they grabbed each one the head of his neighbor with his sword in the side of his neighbor and they fell together.”

² tn The meaning of the name “Helkath Hazzurim” (so NIV; KJV, NASB, NRSV similar) is not clear. BHK relates the name to the Hebrew term for “side,” and this is reflected in NAB “the Field of the Sides”; the Greek OT revocalizes the Hebrew to mean something like “Field of Adversaries.” Cf. also TEV, NLT “Field of Swords”; CEV “Field of Daggers.”

³ tn Heb “plant.”

⁴ tn Heb “shaken.”

⁵ tn Heb “the sons of violence.”

⁶ tn Heb “the servants of Hadadezer.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they served them.”

⁸ tn Heb “they”; the referents (Ahimaaz and Jonathan) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “the water.”

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”

¹² map For location see Map1-A2; Map2-G2; Map4-A1; JP3-F3; JP4-F3.