2 Samuel 2:9

2:9 He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites,¹ Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel.

2 Samuel 2:11

2:11 David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years.²

2 Samuel 3:17

3:17 Abner advised³ the elders of Israel, “Previously you were wanting David to be your king.⁴

2 Samuel 3:33

3:33 The king chanted the following lament for Abner:

“Should Abner have died like a fool?

2 Samuel 8:8-9

8:8 From Tebah⁵ and Berothai, Hadadezer’s cities, King David took a great deal of bronze.

8:9 When King Toi⁶ of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer,

2 Samuel 10:1

David and the Ammonites

10:1 Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him.⁷

2 Samuel 11:19

11:19 He instructed the messenger as follows: “When you finish giving the battle report to the king,

2 Samuel 13:21

13:21 Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry.⁸

2 Samuel 14:1

David Permits Absalom to Return to Jerusalem

14:1 Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see⁹ Absalom.

2 Samuel 14:28

14:28 Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king’s face.

2 Samuel 15:9

15:9 The king replied to him, “Go in peace.” So Absalom¹⁰ got up and went to Hebron.

2 Samuel 18:30

18:30 The king said, “Turn aside and take your place here.” So he turned aside and waited.

2 Samuel 19:1

19:1 (19:2) Joab was told, “The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom.”

2 Samuel 19:41

19:41 Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, “Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan – and not only him but all of David’s men as well?”

¹tc The MT here reads “the Ashurite,” but this is problematic if it is taken to mean “the Assyrian.” Ish-bosheth’s kingdom obviously was not of such proportions as to extend to Assyria. The Syriac Peshitta renders the word as “the Geshurite,” while the Targum has “of the house of Ashur.” We should probably emend the Hebrew text to read “the Geshurite.” The Geshurites lived in the northeastern part of the land of Palestine.

²tn Heb “And the number of the days in which David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.”

³tn Heb “the word of Abner was with.”

⁴tn Heb “you were seeking David to be king over you.”

⁵tn Heb “Betah” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV), but the name should probably be corrected to “Tebah.” See the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:8.

⁶tn The name is spelled “Tou” in the parallel text in 1 Chr 18:9. NIV adopts the spelling “Tou” here.

⁷tn Heb “reigned in his place.”

⁸tc The LXX and part of the Old Latin tradition include the following addition to v. 21, also included in some English versions (e.g., NAB, NRSV, CEV): “But he did not grieve the spirit of Amnon his son, because he loved him, since he was his firstborn.” Note David’s attitude toward his son Adonijah in 1 Kgs 1:6.

⁹tn Heb “the heart of the king was upon.” The Syriac Peshitta adds the verb ’ethre’i (“was reconciled”).

¹⁰tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.