2 Samuel 3:12

3:12 Then Abner sent messengers 1  to David saying, “To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement 2  with me, and I will do whatever I can 3  to cause all Israel to turn to you.”

2 Samuel 14:14

14:14 Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. 4 

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow 5  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, 6  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 24:3

24:3 Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”

1 tn The Hebrew text adds here, “on his behalf.”

2 tn Heb “cut a covenant.” So also in vv. 13, 21.

3 tn Heb “and behold, my hand is with you.”

4 tn Heb “he devises plans for the one banished from him not to be banished.”

5 tn Heb “for your servant vowed a vow.” The formal court style of referring to one’s self in third person (“your servant”) has been translated here as first person for clarity.

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