2 Samuel 4:4

4:4 Now Saul’s son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. 1  Mephibosheth was his name.

2 Samuel 13:6

13:6 So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, “Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand.”

2 Samuel 14:2

14:2 So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, “Pretend to be in mourning 2  and put on garments for mourning. Don’t anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. 3 

2 Samuel 17:8

17:8 Hushai went on to say, “You know your father and his men – they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. 4  Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army.

2 Samuel 17:20

17:20 When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman replied to them, “They crossed over the stream.” Absalom’s men 5  searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. 6 

2 Samuel 20:22

20:22 Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba’s head and threw it out to Joab. Joab 7  blew the trumpet, and his men 8  dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. 9  Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.

1 tn Heb “and was lame.”

2 tn The Hebrew Hitpael verbal form here indicates pretended rather than genuine action.

3 tn Heb “these many days.”

4 tc The LXX (with the exception of the recensions of Origen and Lucian) repeats the description as follows: “Just as a female bear bereft of cubs in a field.”

5 tn Heb “they”; the referents (Absalom’s men) have been specified in the translation 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.

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

8 tn Heb “they”; the referent (Joab’s men) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

9 tn Heb “his tents.”