2 Samuel 3:34

3:34 Your hands ¹  were not bound,

and your feet were not put into irons.

You fell the way one falls before criminals.”

All the people ²  wept over him again.

2 Samuel 7:12

7:12 When the time comes for you to die, ³  I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, ⁴  and I will establish his kingdom.

2 Samuel 7:28

7:28 Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! ⁵  May your words prove to be true! ⁶  You have made this good promise to your servant! ⁷ 

2 Samuel 11:24

11:24 Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king’s soldiers ⁸  died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.”

2 Samuel 12:10

12:10 So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!’

2 Samuel 16:17

16:17 Absalom said to Hushai, “Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn’t you go with your friend?”

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¹ tc The translation follows many medieval Hebrew manuscripts and several ancient versions in reading “your hands,” rather than “your hand.”

² tc 4QSam^a lacks the words “all the people.”

³ tn Heb, “when your days are full and you lie down with your ancestors.”

⁴ tn Heb “your seed after you who comes out from your insides.”

⁵ tn Heb “the God.” The article indicates uniqueness here.

⁶ tn The translation understands the prefixed verb form as a jussive, indicating David’s wish/prayer. Another option is to take the form as an imperfect and translate “your words are true.”

⁷ tn Heb “and you have spoken to your servant this good thing.”

⁸ tc The translation follows the Qere (“your servants”) rather than the Kethib (“your servant”).