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 3:26
3:26 Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah. (But David was not aware of it.)
2 Samuel 6:4
6:4 They brought 2 it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,
2 Samuel 8:6
8:6 David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David’s subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected 3 David wherever he campaigned. 4
2 Samuel 13:11
13:11 As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, “Come on! Get in bed with me, 5 my sister!”
2 Samuel 21:13
21:13 David 6 brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed.
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 Heb “lifted.”
3 tn Or “delivered.”
4 tn Or “wherever he went.”
5 tn Heb “lie with me” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “come and have sexual relations with me.”
6 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.