2 Samuel 2:4

2:4 The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people ¹  of Judah.

David was told, ²  “The people ³  of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul.”

2 Samuel 5:2-3

5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. ⁴  The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

5:3 When all the leaders ⁵  of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them ⁶  in Hebron before the Lord. They designated ⁷  David as king over Israel.

2 Samuel 5:17

Conflict with the Philistines

5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated ⁸  king over Israel, they all ⁹  went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress.

2 Samuel 12:7

12:7 Nathan said to David, “You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: ‘I chose ¹⁰  you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul.

2 Samuel 13:2

13:2 But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick ¹¹  over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her.

2 Samuel 15:23

15:23 All the land was weeping loudly ¹²  as all these people were leaving. ¹³  As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving ¹⁴  on the road that leads to the desert.

2 Samuel 18:17

18:17 They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes. ¹⁵ 

2 Samuel 18:24

18:24 Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, ¹⁶  and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself.

2 Samuel 19:2

19:2 So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, “The king is grieved over his son.”

2 Samuel 19:14

19:14 He ¹⁷  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 19:22

19:22 But David said, “What do we have in common, ¹⁸  you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don’t you realize that today I am king over Israel?”

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¹ tn Heb “house.”

² tn Heb “and they told David.” The subject appears to be indefinite, allowing one to translate the verb as passive with David as subject.

³ tn Heb “men.”

⁴ tn Heb “you were the one leading out and the one leading in Israel.”

⁵ tn Heb “elders.”

⁶ tn Heb “and the king, David, cut for them a covenant.”

⁷ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁸ tn Heb “anointed.”

⁹ tn Heb “all the Philistines.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “anointed.”

¹¹ tn Heb “and there was distress to Amnon so that he made himself sick.”

¹² tn Heb “with a great voice.”

¹³ tn Heb “crossing over.”

¹⁴ tn Heb “crossing near the face of.”

¹⁵ tn Heb “and all Israel fled, each to his tent.” In this context this refers to the supporters of Absalom (see vv. 6-7, 16).

¹⁶ tn Heb “the two gates.”

¹⁷ tn The referent of “he” is not entirely clear: cf. NCV “David”; TEV “David’s words”; NRSV, NLT “Amasa.”

¹⁸ tn Heb “what to me and to you.”