2 Samuel 2:7

2:7 Now be courageous¹ and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them.”

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 10:16

10:16 Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from³ beyond the Euphrates River,⁴ and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer’s army, led them.⁵

2 Samuel 12:17

12:17 The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them.

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,⁶ my sister!”

2 Samuel 13:30

13:30 While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: “Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!”

2 Samuel 20:4

20:4 Then the king said to Amasa, “Call the men of Judah together for me in three days,⁷ and you be present here with them too.”

2 Samuel 20:18

20:18 She said, “In the past they would always say, ‘Let them inquire in Abel,’ and that is how they settled things.

2 Samuel 23:7

23:7 The one who touches them

must use an iron instrument

or the wooden shaft of a spear.

They are completely burned up right where they lie!”⁸

2 Samuel 23:12

23:12 But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended⁹ it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory.

2 Samuel 24:1

David Displeases the Lord by Taking a Census

24:1 The Lord’s anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go count Israel and Judah.”¹⁰

¹tn Heb “let your hands be strong.”

²tn 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.”

³tn Heb “and Hadadezer sent and brought out Aram which is.”

⁴tn Heb “from beyond the River.” The name “Euphrates” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁵tn Heb “was before them.”

⁶tn Heb “lie with me” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); NCV “come and have sexual relations with me.”

⁷tn The present translation follows the Masoretic accentuation, with the major mark of disjunction (i.e., the atnach) placed at the word “days.” However, some scholars have suggested moving the atnach to “Judah” a couple of words earlier. This would yield the following sense: “Three days, and you be present here with them.” The difference in meaning is slight, and the MT is acceptable as it stands.

⁸tn Heb “and with fire they are completely burned up in [the place where they] remain.” The infinitive absolute is used before the finite verb to emphasize that they are completely consumed by the fire.

⁹tn Heb “delivered.”

¹⁰sn The parallel text in 1 Chr 21:1 says, “An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had.” The Samuel version gives an underlying theological perspective, while the Chronicler simply describes what happened from a human perspective. The adversary in 1 Chr 21:1 is likely a human enemy, probably a nearby nation whose hostility against Israel pressured David into numbering the people so he could assess his military strength. See the note at 1 Chr 21:1.