2 Samuel 3:10

3:10 namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!”

2 Samuel 3:24

3:24 So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner ¹  has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way! ² 

2 Samuel 7:19

7:19 And you didn’t stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant’s family. ³  Is this your usual way of dealing with men, ⁴  O Lord God?

2 Samuel 11:23

11:23 The messenger said to David, “The men overpowered us and attacked us ⁵  in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way ⁶  to the door of the city gate.

2 Samuel 13:19

13:19 Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went.

2 Samuel 13:25

13:25 But the king said to Absalom, “No, my son. We shouldn’t all go. We shouldn’t burden you in that way.” Though Absalom ⁷  pressed ⁸  him, the king ⁹  was not willing to go. Instead, David ¹⁰  blessed him.

2 Samuel 16:13

16:13 So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. ¹¹ 

2 Samuel 18:23

18:23 But he said, ¹²  “Whatever happens, I want to go!” So Joab ¹³  said to him, “Then go!” So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite.

2 Samuel 20:2

20:2 So all the men of Israel deserted ¹⁴  David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River ¹⁵  to Jerusalem. ¹⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “Look, Abner.”

² tc The LXX adds “in peace.”

³ tn Heb “and this was small in your eyes, O Lord God, so you spoke concerning the house of your servant for a distance.”

⁴ tn Heb “and this [is] the law of man”; KJV “is this the manner of man, O Lord God?”; NAB “this too you have shown to man”; NRSV “May this be instruction for the people, O Lord God!” This part of the verse is very enigmatic; no completely satisfying solution has yet been suggested. The present translation tries to make sense of the MT by understanding the phrase as a question that underscores the uniqueness of God’s dealings with David as described here. The parallel passage in 1 Chr 17:17 reads differently (see the note there).

⁵ tn Heb “and came out to us.”

⁶ tn Heb “but we were on them.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Absalom) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tc Here and in v. 27 the translation follows 4QSam^a ויצפר (vayyitspar, “and he pressed”) rather than the MT וַיִּפְרָץ (vayyiprats, “and he broke through”). This emended reading seems also to underlie the translations of the LXX (καὶ ἐβιάσατο, kai ebiasato), the Syriac Peshitta (we’alseh), and Vulgate (cogeret eum).

⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the king) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

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

¹¹ tn Heb “and he cursed and threw stones, opposite him, pelting [them] with dirt.” The offline vÿqatal construction in the last clause indicates an action that was complementary to the action described in the preceding clause. He simultaneously threw stones and dirt.

¹² tn The words “but he said” are not in the Hebrew text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Joab) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁴ tn Heb “went up from after.”

¹⁵ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

¹⁶ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.