2 Samuel 2:2

2:2 So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

2 Samuel 2:10

2:10 Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people 1  of Judah followed David.

2 Samuel 10:9

10:9 When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans. 2 

2 Samuel 12:1

Nathan the Prophet Confronts David

12:1 So the Lord sent Nathan 3  to David. When he came to David, 4  Nathan 5  said, 6  “There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.

2 Samuel 13:23

Absalom Has Amnon Put to Death

13:23 Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, 7  near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

2 Samuel 15:11

15:11 Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning. 8 

1 tn Heb “house.”

2 tn Heb “and Joab saw that the face of the battle was to him before and behind and he chose from all the best in Israel and arranged to meet Aram.”

3 tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, and the Syriac Peshitta add “the prophet.” The words are included in a few modern English version (e.g., TEV, CEV, NLT).

4 tn Heb “him”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

6 tn The Hebrew text repeats “to him.”

7 map For location see Map1-D2; Map2-D3; Map3-A2; Map4-C1.

8 tn Heb “being invited and going naively and they did not know anything.”