2 Samuel 2:3

2:3 David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities ¹  of Hebron.

2 Samuel 2:27

2:27 Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit ²  of their brothers!”

2 Samuel 9:13

9:13 Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, ³  for he was a regular guest at the king’s table. But both his feet were crippled.

2 Samuel 17:28-29

17:28 brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, ⁴  17:29 honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. ⁵  For they said, “The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert.” ⁶ 

2 Samuel 22:51

22:51 He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; ⁷ 

he is faithful to his chosen ruler, ⁸ 

to David and to his descendants forever!”

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¹ tc The expression “the cities of Hebron” is odd; we would expect the noun to be in the singular, if used at all. Although the Syriac Peshitta has the expected reading “in Hebron,” the MT is clearly the more difficult reading and should probably be retained here.

² tn The Hebrew verb נַעֲלָה (na’alah) used here is the Niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular of עָלָה (’alah, “to go up”). In the Niphal this verb “is used idiomatically, of getting away from so as to abandon…especially of an army raising a siege…” (see S. R. Driver, Notes on the Hebrew Text and the Topography of the Books of Samuel, 244).

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⁴ tc The MT adds “roasted grain” וְקָלִי (vÿqali) at the end of v. 28, apparently accidentally repeating the word from its earlier occurrence in this verse. With the LXX, the Syriac Peshitta, and an Old Latin ms the translation deletes this second occurrence of the word.

⁵ tn Heb “cheese of the herd,” probably referring to cheese from cow’s milk (rather than goat’s milk).

⁶ tn Or “wilderness” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV, TEV, NLT).

⁷ tc The translation follows the Kethib and the ancient versions in reading מַגְדִּיל (magdil, “he magnifies”) rather than the Qere and many medieval Hebrew mss of the MT which read מִגְדּוֹל (migdol, “tower”). See Ps 18:50.

⁸ tn Heb “[the one who] does loyalty to his anointed one.”