2 Samuel 3:27

3:27 When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him ¹  in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. ² 

2 Samuel 3:35

3:35 Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, “God will punish me severely ³  if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!”

2 Samuel 11:20

11:20 if the king becomes angry and asks you, ‘Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn’t you realize they would shoot from the wall?

2 Samuel 15:8

15:8 For I made this vow ⁴  when I was living in Geshur in Aram: ‘If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, ⁵  I will serve the Lord.’”

2 Samuel 16:10

16:10 But the king said, “What do we have in common, ⁶  you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David!’, who can say to him, ‘Why have you done this?’”

2 Samuel 17:10

17:10 If that happens even the bravest soldier – one who is lion-hearted – will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave.

2 Samuel 17:13

17:13 If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!”

2 Samuel 19:13

19:13 Say to Amasa, ‘Are you not my flesh and blood? ⁷  God will punish me severely, ⁸  if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!’”

2 Samuel 20:9

20:9 Joab said to Amasa, “How are you, my brother?” With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa’s beard as if to greet him with a kiss.

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¹ tn Heb “and he struck him down there [in] the stomach.”

² tn Heb “and he [i.e., Abner] died on account of the blood of Asahel his [i.e., Joab’s] brother.”

³ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”

⁴ 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.

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⁶ tn Heb “What to me and to you?”

⁷ tn Heb “my bone and my flesh.”

⁸ tn Heb “Thus God will do to me and thus he will add.”