2 Samuel 2:28

2:28 Then Joab blew the ram’s horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. ¹  They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. ² 

2 Samuel 2:30

2:30 Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David’s soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel.

2 Samuel 3:19

3:19 Then Abner spoke privately ³  with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately ⁴  of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. ⁵ 

2 Samuel 11:9

11:9 But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all ⁶  the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house.

2 Samuel 15:10

15:10 Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, “When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume ⁷  that Absalom rules in Hebron.”

2 Samuel 16:22

16:22 So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, ⁸  and Absalom had sex with ⁹  his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “stood.”

² tn Heb “they no longer chased after Israel and they no longer fought.”

³ tn Heb “into the ears of.”

⁴ tn Heb “also Abner went to speak into the ears of David in Hebron.”

⁵ tn Heb “all which was good in the eyes of Israel and in the eyes of all the house of Benjamin.”

⁶ tc The Lucianic recension of the Old Greek translation lacks the word “all.”

⁷ tn Heb “say.”

⁸ sn That is, on top of the flat roof of the palace, so it would be visible to the public.

⁹ tn Heb “went to”; NAB “he visited his father’s concubines”; NIV “lay with his father’s concubines”; TEV “went in and had intercourse with.”